New York
Donald Macleod explores Copland's life and work through the places he lived, visited, and evoked in his music, beginning with New York city.
Born in New York at the beginning of the 20th century, Copland would call the city home for most of his life. Donald Macleod explores the impact this had on his musical development, and the opportunities it afforded him - from beginning his studies as a composer during the birth of jazz, to his role in the 1939 New York World Fair.
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Aaron Copland
The Cat and the Mouse
Performer: Nina Tichman (piano)
- WER:6211-2.
- 14.
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Aaron Copland
Music for the Theatre (extract: nos 2,3 and 4)
Performer: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Performer: Dennis Russell Davies (cond)
- Nimbus: NI 2522.
- 24.
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Aaron Copland
Piano Concerto
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Performer: San Francisco Symphony, Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
- RCA:09026 68541 2.
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Aaron Copland
The City (Suite) (extract) The Steel Mill, Sunday Traffic
Performer: Eos Orchestra Performer: Jonathan Sheffer (cond)
- Telarc:CD80583.
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Aaron Copland
Quiet City
Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Performer: Raymond Mase (trumpet), Performer: Stephen Taylor (cor anglais)
- DG: 427 335-2.
- 5.
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- Mon 6 May 201312:00BBC Radio 3
- Mon 6 May 201318:30BBC Radio 3
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