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...
The Definitive Guide to Copland Endings: Part 2
Copland was a fabulously talented composer who had the ability not only to paint pictures with his music but also describe many complex emotions. When he wasn’t writing programme music for ballets and film...
The Definitive Guide to Copland Endings: Part 1
If someone tells you something or gives you a list of things to remember chances are you’ll remember some of the first bits of what they said and some of the last things they...
Aaron Copland Piece of the Day – My Twitter review of the works of Copland is complete!
As New Year’s Resolutions go, my Aaron Copland Piece of the Day Tweets have been an out an out success! Hardly ever have I stuck so rigidly throughout the following year to an aspiration...
Preamble for a Solemn Occasion – watch the EUYO and Marin Alsop
I love it when I find rare Copland pieces on YouTube especially when the production values are really good! It really helps me pinpoint the sounds of different instruments and gives me a new...
