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...
Jon James of the Bristol Ensemble on Appalachian Spring
Jon James (presenter and creative workshop leader) of the Bristol Ensemble shares his love of Appalachian Spring during the Covid-19 Lockdown. There is lots of great insight here especially the bit at the start...
Welcome to the Roaring Twenties – Northern Sinfonia celebrate the centenary of the Jazz Age at the Sage Gateshead – Review
It was all about the 20s at the Sage, Gateshead last night. The theme was a celebration of the centenary of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age. The iconic fusion of jazz and...
Aaron Copland and the Legacy of Gustav Mahler by Matthew Mugmon
Aaron Copland and the Legacy of Gustav Mahler by Matthew Mugmon is illuminating, thought provoking and at times frustrating. Its thesis is that America’s Composer Aaron Copland was influenced by the romanticism and neo...
Music Copland – Follow me on Twitter and be introduced to a different piece every day in 2020
2020 is the 120th anniversary of Aaron Copland’s birth and the 30th anniversary of his death. In addition, it’s the 75th anniversary of the premiere of Appalachian Spring and also happens to be the...
