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Wed, May 22 at 8:30 pm
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Kayte Grace
Thu, Jun 13 at 8:30 pm
Thu, Jun 27 at 8:30 pm
Il Trionfo dell'Onore ("Honor Wins Out")
Wed, May 22 at 8 pm
Thu, May 23 at 8 pm
The Leviathan: A Sound Journey with Tom Kenyon
Sat, May 25 at 1 pm
The Hurt No More Conference, Featuring Kim Burrell
Sat, May 25 at 2 pm
Verdi's Ernani
Wed, May 29 at 7:30 pm
Thu, May 30 at 7:30 pm
Fri, May 31 at 7:30 pm
Sat, Jun 1 at 7:30 pm
New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra
Thu, May 30 at 8 pm
Who Ordered This?
Thu, May 30 at 9 pm
The Chelsea Symphony featuring Mark O'Connor
Sat, Jun 1 at 7 pm
Dan Levinson's Jam Session of the Millennium
Mon, Jun 3 at 7:15 pm
Wall to Wall Copland and Americana
Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Aaron Copland
Born November 14, 1900, Brooklyn, New York
Special Guest Appearances by:
Edward Albee, John Ashbery, Leonard Bernstein, Ruth Ford, Pearl Lang, Arthur Miller, Maureen Stapleton
Performance playlist:
This program was broadcast in its entirety on WNYC-FM 93.9. The program listed below is from the live performance and may differ slightly from the radio program presented here.
PART I
[Radio program begins.]
Aaron Copland
Music for the Movies
1. New England Countryside, from “The City”
2. Barley Wagons, from “Of Mice and Men”
3. Sunday Traffic, from “The City”
4. Grovers Corners, from “Our Town”
5. Threshing Machines, from “Of Mice and Men”
Robert Rogers, conductor; Vincent Cavalli, flute/piccolo; Gerard Reuter, oboe; Gerhardt Koch, clarinet; Peter Simmons, bassoon; Pat Hackbarth, horn; Justin Cohen, Gary Boyd, trumpet; Jack Gale, trombone; Larry Spivack, percussion; Uel Wade, piano; Robert Rudie, Berndt Freimanis, Beth Cohen, Yoko Matsuo, Evan Paris, Denise Ayres, Anca Cismaru, Carol Pool, Nancy Ditto, Robert Fuchs, Sara Watts, violin; Olivia Koppell, Karl Bargen, Valerie Heywood, Karen Ritscher, viola; Bruce Rogers, Byron Duckwall, Abby Newton, violoncello; John Beal, Lou Bruno, bass
Violin Sonata
I. Andante semplice
II.
Lento
III. Allegretto gusto
Richard Young, violin; Joan Tower, piano
Midsummer Nocturne
Phillip Ramey
Autumn Pastorale
John Corigliano
Etude Fantasy
I. For the Left Hand
II. Legato
III. Fifths to Thirds
IV. Ornaments
V. Melody (played without pause)
James Tocco, piano
Ezra Laderman
Elegy - In Memory of My Mother
Toby Appel, viola
PART II
Gunther Schuller
Sonata Serenata
Impromptu (Scherzando a grazioso)
Elegia (In Memoriam Joe Venuti)
Romanza (Menuetto)
Rondo Giocoso (Molto vivace)
The Aeolian Chamber Players
: Lewis Kaplan, violin; Bruce Creditor, clarinet; Peter Basquin, piano; Jennifer Langham, violoncello
Aaron Copland
Piano Sonata
I. Molto moderato
II. Vivace
III. Andante sosenuto
Jacqueline Helin, piano
PART III
Sextet
I. Allegro vivace
II. Lento
III. Finale – Precise and rhythmic
Joel Lester, Richard Young, violins; Jorge Mester, viola; Eric Bartlett, violoncello; Laura Flax, clarinet
; Jacquelyn Helin, piano
Roger Sessions
Sonata No. 2
I. Allegro con fuoco
II. Lento
III. Misurato e Pesante
Robert Miller, piano
Arthur Berger
Duo for Clarinet and Piano
Anand Devendra, clarinet; Robert Miller, piano
Joan Tower
Platinum Spirals
Joel Lester, violin
George Crumb
Makrokosmos, Vol. II, Part 1
Robert Miller, piano
PART IV
Aaron Copland
Piano Variations
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Duo for Flute and Piano
Flowing
Poetic
Somewhat Mournful
Lively, with Bounce
Samuel Baron, flute; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Vitebsk - Study on a Jewish Theme
The Arioso Trio: Carol Zevin, violin; Judith Davidoff, violoncello; Harold Lewin, piano
PART V
Words by Jacob Druckman and John Ashbery
Jacob Druckman
Valentine
Jon Deak, contrabass
Mario Davidovsky
Synchronisms No. 6 – Variations for Piano and Electronic Sounds
Robert Miller, piano
Elliott Carter
Duo for Violin and Piano
Rolf Schulte, violin; Ursula Oppens, piano
Barbara Kolb
Homage to Keith Jarrett and Gary Burton
Katharine Cartwright, flute; Gordon Gottlieb, vibraphone
Aaron Copland
Four Piano Blues
PART VI
William Bolcom
Three Ghost Rags
Paul Jacobs, piano
American Songs
Amy Cheney Beach
"Ariette" (Shelley)
Arthur Farwell
"Ample Make This Bed" (Dickinson)
Charles Ives
"Circus Band" (Ives)
Ethelbert Nevin
"Oh! That We Two Were Maying" (Kingsley)
Henry Cowell
"Who Wrote This Fiendish 'Rites of Spring?'" (The Boston Herald)
George Chadwick
"The Danza" (Bates)
William Billings
"David’s Lamentation"
Theodore Chanler
"The Doves" (Feeny)
Stephen Foster
"No One to Love" (Foster)
Dudley Buck
"The Capture of Bacchus" (Swain)
Paul Sperry, tenor; Margo Garrett, piano
PART VII
Aaron Copland
Two Pieces for String Quartet
I. Lento molto
II.
Rondino
The Concertino Quartet: Erle Grubb, Valerie Levy, violins; David Thorp, viola: David Runnion, violoncello
Three Dances from “Hear Ye, Hear Ye”
I. Tango
II. Dove Dance
III. Pas de Deux
Piano Fantasy
James Tocco, piano
Robert Starer
Profiles in Brass (From the Ballet “Holy Jungle” by Matthew Graham)
The Pilgrim
Lucifer
The Angelic Bride
The Militant
Hell-Eve
PART VIII
Ingolf Dahl
Music for Brass Instruments
I. Choral Fantasy on “Christ Lay in the bonds of Death”
II. Intermezzo
III. Fugue
The American Brass Quintet: Raymond Mase, John Aley, trumpet; David Wakefield, horn; Ronald Borror, tenor trombone; Robert Biddlecome, bass trombone
Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
Poems read by Maureen Stapleton
; Sheila Schonbrun, soprano; Elizabeth Wright, piano
PART IX
Samuel Barber
Reincarnation, Op. 16, No. 2
Poems by James Stephens
Aaron Copland
In The Beginning
I. Genesis - 11:7
II. Canticum Novum
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor; Cynthia Rose, mezzo soprano; Phyllis Benjamin, Donna Keenan, Beverly Myers, Tania Freeman, Ellen Grogan, sopranos; Brana Gerych, Susan Meeker, Barbara Gambion, Jon schaffer, Ruth Wenger, Eugenia Sackson, Pamela Bolen, altos; Todd Mijanovich, David Thurber, David Smith, Clyde Spooner, Braden Toan, tenors; George Schafer, Tom Jewell, Gene Landriau, Joe Ducatch, Wilbur Pauley, basses
Day on Earth
Choreography by Doris Humphrey
Gary Lund, man; Laura Glenn, woman; Kat deBlois, young woman; Robin Appel, child
Ray Cook and Muriel Topaz, reconstruction and direction; Pauline Lawrence, costumes; Michael Cherry, piano
This product was made possible through the generosity of the Dance Notation Bureau, Charles Woodford, and Daniel Lewis.
PART X
David Del Tredici
Fantasy Pieces
I. Adagio
II. Allegretto
III. Allegro Minacciando
IV. Largo
David Del Tredici, piano
Aaron Copland
Piano Variations
Robert Miller, piano
Virgil Thomson
String Quartet No. 2
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Tempo di Valse
III. Adagio Sostenuto
IV. Allegretto
The Capricorn Quartet: Ora Shiran, Jacob Robbins, violins; Aaron Picht, viola: Evelyn Steinbech, violoncello
Greetings from Morton Gould
Ned Rorem
Songs from the 1950’s
"Ask Me No More "(Tennyson)
"On You Whom I Often" (Whitman)
"I Am Rose" (Gertrude Stein)
"Such Beauty As Hurts To Behold" (Paul Goodman)
"Spring" (Kenneth Koch)
"Visits to St. Elizabeths" (Elizabeth Bishop)
Rosalind Rees, soprano; Ned Rorem, piano
William Schuman
Time to the Old
Three-song set on words by Archibald Macleish
Rosalind Rees, soprano; Thomas Muraco, piano
Aaron Copland
Music for the Theater
I. Prologue
II. Dance
III. Interlude
IV. Burlesque
V. Epilogue
The Harmonie Ensemble, Steven Richman, conductor
PART XI
Words by Pearl Lang
Appalachian Spring (Original Version)
The Harmonie Ensemble, Aaron Copland, conductor
Margaret Shcecter, flute/piccolo; Elain Douvas, oboe/English horn; Lawrence Guy, clarinet;
Donald MacCourt, bassoon; Raymond Mase, Norman Smith, trumpet; Douglas Edelman, trombone; Lawrence Wolf, piano: Richard Fitz, percussion; Gerald Tarack, concertmaster; Shem Guibbory, L.P. How, Ruth Waterman, Ivy Bernhardt, Browning Cramer, Inez Hassman, Junko Ohtsu, violin; Judy Geist, Joan Kalisch, John Dexter, Stephanie Fricker, viola; Jerry Grossman, Jerry Carrington, Myron Lutzke, violoncello; Michael Morgan, bass
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Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers". He is best known to the public for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately more accessible style than his earlier pieces, including the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo and his Fanfare for the Common Man. The open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are archetypical of what many people consider to be the sound of American music, evoking the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit. However, he wrote music in different styles at different periods of his life: his early works incorporated jazz or avant-garde elements whereas his later music incorporated serial techniques. In addition to his ballets and orchestral works he produced music in many other genres including chamber music, vocal works, opera and film scores.
