Aaron in Paris

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Donald Macleod charts Copland’s transformative years in Paris under Nadia Boulanger’s guidance, and his return to America with bold new ideas. From the MacDowell Colony to the premiere of Music for the Theatre and a jazz-infused Piano Concerto, we hear how Copland’s modernist voice thrilled some, but terrified others. The Cat and the Mouse Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano Old Poem Pastorale Roberta Alexander, soprano Roger Vignoles, piano Music for the Theater: i. Prologue ii. Dance New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein, conductor Piano Concerto Aaron Copland, piano New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein, conductor Vitebsk (trio for violin, cello and piano) Oberon Trio Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales and West.