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Composer of the Week: Aaron Copland

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1900-90)
Sandy Bumett surveys five decades in the output of an American composer whose work reflects the New World.
1: Copland's search for an American style began with his formative years in Paris as a pupil of Nadia Boulanger. The programme includes: Copland's first published work, The Cat and Mouse, played by pianist Eric Parkin ; movements from his vampire ballet Grohg (later reworked as the Dance Symphony) played by the Cleveland
Orchestra, conductor Oliver Knussen ; and the Organ Symphony in a new recording by Wayne Marshall and the Dallas SO, conductor Andrew Litton. Producer Andrew Lyle
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Bumett
Pianist:
Eric Parkin
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Unknown:
Wayne Marshall
Conductor:
Andrew Litton.
Producer:
Andrew Lyle
Source: Radio Times

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