rAn American Portrait: Aaron Copland
Live broadcast. The centenary of the birth of Aaron Copland falls on 14 November 2000, and to celebrate the occasion the BBC Symphony Orchestra presents three days of music, talks and films at the Barbican. Leonard Slatkin , the Orchestra's chief conductor, has selected pieces to reflect the diversity of Copland's music. Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano),
BBCSO, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Copland Inscape; Piano Variations; Piano Concerto
8.20 Twenty Minutes: Aaron Copland
Anthony Burton examines Aaron Copland 's relationship with the world of ballet.
8.40 Copland Suite: The Heiress; Ballet: Billy the Kid