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Donald Macleod explores Copland's friendship with his composition teacher, Nadia Boulanger, with two major works from the composer's years in Paris.
Donald Macleod programme considers the composer's long and fruitful friendship with his composition teacher, the formidable Nadia Boulanger, who coaxed him to write an organ symphony and also put him in touch with the Russian-born conductor Serge Koussevitsky.
Grohg - ballet in one act
Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
Argo 443 203-2 - Trs 1-6
Symphony for Orchestra and Organ
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
Delos DE 3221 - Trs 13-15.
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- Mon 20 Oct 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Mon 20 Oct 200822:00BBC Radio 3
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