A celebration of the music of Copland
14:00 Tue 20 Mar 2018 BBC Philharmonic
An American afternoon with conductor John Wilson
An American afternoon with conductor John Wilson

John Wilson, whose recent discs of Copland with the BBC Philharmonic were described by Gramophone magazine as ‘outstanding’, returns to the orchestras Salford studio for an American-themed afternoon.
This afternoon’s programme includes Connotations – a piece commissioned by Leonard Bernstein in 1962 to commemorate the opening of New York’s Philharmonic Hall.