In the week leading up to the centenary of Aaron Copland 's birth, Leonard Slatkin introduces a series of programmes tracing the background of the 20th century's most identifiably American composer.

Chadwick Overture: Rip Van Winkle - BBC SSO, conductor Susanna Malkki

Griffes Piano Sonata - Ashley Wass

Griffes The White Peacock (Roman Sketches) - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Susanna Malkki

Ives Songs My Mother Taught Me; Memories; Slugging a Vampire; The Cage - Emma Bell (soprano), Andrew Smith (piano)

Ives Psalm 67 - BBC Singers, conductor Nicholas Kok

Ives The Gong on the Hook and the Ladder; Country Band March - BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Stern

Copland Four Motets (1921) - BBC Singers, conductor Nicholas Kok

Copland Dance Symphony - BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Isaiah Jackson