The majority of the “livestream” concerts I have watched during the Covid Lockdown have been pre-recorded and edited. Beethoven’s Legacy: Music Imitates Life at St Stephen’s South Dulwich by contrast was the real thing...
As a Copland fan I am constantly scouring the concert listings waiting for one of those rare gems from his early or late periods to get an outing, hopefully at a venue near me....
When I paid my $10 and settled down to watch the online ROCopera Song Cycle Festival event called Dickinson Songs I was expecting a fairly straightforward rendition of Copland’s 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson....
When I come across a new documentary or book about Copland what I yearn for is to find stones being lifted that normally aren’t and new nuggets of information being revealed. So I was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
