Sandy Bumett surveys five decades in the output of an American composer whose work reflects the New World.
2: In the twenties. Copland had returned to America from his years in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger , and was beginning to find his own style. Today's programme includes: Music for the Theater played by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein , Copland's friend and colleague for half a century; a specially recorded performance of the Piano Concerto with Peter Lawson as soloist and Grant Llewellyn conducting the BBC
National Orchestra of Wales; and Copland's homage to his Jewish roots, Vitebsk, a study on a Jewish theme for piano trio.
Repeated next Tuesday 12 midnight