Now Hear This “Aaron Copland: Dean of American Music” – PBS documentary review
To make sure that I don’t miss any announcements about Copland performances, recordings, and publications I am signed up to Google Alerts. This means that every day I get the latest updates. Of course,...
The City and Redes – Landmark movie scores now on CD
Sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you get what you ask for!Way back in 2009, Naxos released a DVD of The City the legendary documentary film from 1939 which was Aaron Copland’s...
Dvořák’s Prophecy and the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music – Review
You’ve got to hand it to the team at Post Classical Ensemble – the “experimental music laboratory” based in Washington DC are constantly opening new doors and sharing their enthusiasm for American music through...
A Tale of Two Cities, A Tale of Two Great American Symphonies
Programmers at the City of Birmingham Symphony and Hallé Orchestra served up a late birthday treat for me this week! Two concerts on consecutive nights with lots of Copland and his 20th century contemporaries....
Lincoln Portrait and In the Beginning – recent livestreams reviewed
There are some Copland pieces that tend to take a lot longer for me to get to know, to appreciate and to love. I think this is down to a number of reasons. Prior...
Third Coast Brass – Americana concert – Review
If you’re a fan of a particular composer it is very likely that when you tune in to a performance you will usually get introduced to other pieces you may not know. Such was...
Jernej Albreht plays Copland’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano – Review
The majority of the “livestream” concerts I have watched during the Covid Lockdown have been pre-recorded and edited. Beethoven’s Legacy: Music Imitates Life at St Stephen’s South Dulwich by contrast was the real thing...
Nathan Williamson plays Copland’s Piano Sonata – Review
As a Copland fan I am constantly scouring the concert listings waiting for one of those rare gems from his early or late periods to get an outing, hopefully at a venue near me....
ROCopera – Emily Dickinson Songs – A Covid Retrospective
When I paid my $10 and settled down to watch the online ROCopera Song Cycle Festival event called Dickinson Songs I was expecting a fairly straightforward rendition of Copland’s 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson....
Aaron Copland: American Populist – A PostClassical Ensemble “More than Music” film
When I come across a new documentary or book about Copland what I yearn for is to find stones being lifted that normally aren’t and new nuggets of information being revealed. So I was...
