Happy 75th Birthday Appalachian Spring! Allan Schiller plays Simple Gifts
To mark the 75th anniversary of the premiere of Appalachian Spring – this monumental achievement of music and dance, Allan Schiller plays the Simple Gifts variations. To find out more about Allan Schiller and...
We’re organising child friendly classical music concert series in Bristol with pianist Allan Schiller
We are delighted to announce a series of tea time mini concerts featuring world famous pianist Allan Schiller. The concerts will run every other month at Totterdown Baptist Church in Bristol and in each...
Is the 75th Birthday of Appalachian Spring going to pass unnoticed? Not on my watch!
Appalachian Spring is a pivotal work of 20th century music. In a collaboration that was made in heaven, it brought together two giants of composition and choreography, Aaron Copland and Martha Graham just at...
The Copland Radio Top 10 Countdown (in the UK anyway)
I love BBC Radio 3 for lots of reasons. It has more live music than any other station, they play a wide range of music that covers both classical and jazz with something new...
Dance Panels – A Copland Greatest Hits Collection
Dance Panels is virtually a Copland Greatest Hits collection! It comprises seven short contrasting pieces that showcase the many different facets of Copland’s composition style. It was originally intended to be a ballet, commissioned...
Music for a Great City – rare outing at Aldeburgh Festival
Hats off to the Aldeburgh Festival, Oliver Knussen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. A premiere and three rarities in the Snape Maltings Hall on a packed Saturday Night including Copland’s monumental Music for a...
The Piano Variations part of major workout at Snape
The Piano Variations is a pivotal Copland work. If Appalachian Spring is the crowning glory of his populist idiom then the Piano Variations plays the same role for his modernist works. 20 variations in...
About Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland’s name is synonymous with American music. It was his pioneering achievement to break free from Europe and create concert music that is characteristically American. At the same time, he was able to...
Quiet City
I absolutely love this version of Quiet City. The original incidental music from the Irwin Shaw play recreated by saxophonist Cristopher Brellochs.
Is this the best version of Appalachian Spring? It is for me
When it comes to Copland, for me, more means more! This goes against Copland’s own view – he wanted to make every note count and was quite reductionist in his approach to composing. Many...
