Music for a Great City: The Outcry Ensemble at Smith Square – Review
Even though I have been to plenty of superb performances this year there are a few good ‘uns that I’ve missed. Work, the Olympics and a family holiday have scuppered John Wilson at the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
