Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez
Several times this last Sunday, when I mentioned the fact that I write a blog on Aaron Copland people looked at me a bit perplexed. There was a momentary slightly puzzled expression as if...
The Dean and the Greatest: Aaron Copland and Muhammad Ali
I bet you didn’t realise there was a link between Aaron Copland and Muhammad Ali? Neither did I, but sometimes the stuff I turn up seems to be like buried treasure that is just...
Nathan Williamson plays Copland’s Piano Sonata – Review
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....
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...
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...
Connotations for Orchestra
Just imagine for a minute you are at the Lincoln Centre's opening night back in 1962. You're there with the great and the good. You've paid the $200 ticket price and you're dressed up...
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