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The soundtracks for The City and Redes have been released on Naxos CD to go with the 2009 DVD release

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...
A radio in a kitchen

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...
BBC Symphony Orchestra rehearsing Music for a Great City at Snape Maltings

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...