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...
Help me find the flautist’s friend & the hero of the harp….!
Have you ever wondered which of the great composers wrote the best bits for different instruments in their orchestral scores? I do all the time! I’m not a musician, just a keen listener with...
Bringing Copland House to you …
For many years I’ve been a keen supporter of Copland House, the organisation charged with continuing Aaron Copland’s legacy that is located at his last residence in upstate New York. I was hoping to...
“Quiet City” as an artistic response to the COVID-19 pandemic
If you have ever been moved by the Copland’s 1940 master work Quiet City you will be absolutely blown away by this wonderful collaborative response to Covid-19 between Winston-Salem Symphony, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance,...
Aaron Copland’s Hollywood Film Scores – Book Review
As a huge fan of Aaron Copland, Aaron Copland’s Hollywood Film Scores by Paula Musegades is a book I have been waiting for. It is a beautifully presented hardback book and does a fine...
Guest blog: DP Lindegaard on Anthracite Fields composed by Julia Wolfe
Last year on Mothering Sunday, as my son handed me my present, a CD, he said “I heard it on Radio 3. It’s just up your street. Somebody who does what you do –...
Unsettled Scores: Politics, Hollywood, & the Film Music of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler – Book Review
Sally Bick’s excellent volume Unsettled Scores shines a bright light on the enormous and influential contribution that Hanns Eisler and Aaron Copland’s first Hollywood film scores played in breaking the film music mould and...
