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Aaron Copland
That my range as a composer includes both accessible and problematical works is a fact that 1 find not at all worrisome.
Today's programme begins a chronological survey of Copland's music which contrasts the different facets of style that have perplexed some commentators, if not the composer himself.
The Cat and the Mouse (1920)
ROBERT SILVERMAN fpiano) Symphony for organ and orchestra (1924) E. POWER BIGGS
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN Passacaglia (1922)
ROBERT SILVERMAN (piano) Piano Concerto (1926) THE COMPOSER
NEW YORK PHILHAR
MONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN records

Contributors

Unknown:
Aaron Copland
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Piano:
Robert Silverman
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Source: Radio Times

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