• Midday Thoughts

    A series of musings about, around, and related to Copland and his music by musicologist Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett
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  • The Man Behind The Music

    Aaron Copland

    "To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable."
    – Aaron Copland
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Mar 22nd, 2024 8:00 pm

America ! Barbara Hannigan

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Barbara Hannigan
Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, 116 Av. du Président Kennedy, Paris, France, 75016
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Program

  • COPLAND Quiet City
  • IVES Three Places in New England
  • BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915
  • GERSHWIN/arr. BENNETT Porgy and Bess Suite
Mar 23rd, 2024 7:30 pmMar 24th, 2024 2:30 pm

Schubert & Wagner

Buffalo Philharmonic / Gerard Schwarz
Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, United States, 14201
Description

Program

  • COPLAND Billy the Kid Suite
  • FOOTE Cello Concerto
  • SCHUBERT Symphony in B minor "Unfinished"
  • WAGNER Die Meistersinger (excerpts)
Mar 27th, 2024 7:30 pm

Rising star: Axelle Fanyo

Axelle Fanyo, soprano; Kunal Lahiry, piano
Salle de Musique de Chambre, Philharmonie Luxembourg, 1 Pl. de l'Europe, Clausen, Luxembourg, 1499
Description

Program

  • SCHÖNBERG
    • Galathea
    • Der genügsame Liebhaber
    • Aus dem Spiegel von Arkadien
  • AVRAMIDOU
    • Entre les miroirs
  • COPLAND
    • Nature, the gentlest mother
    • Heart, we will forget him
    • Going to heaven!
  • GERSHWIN
    • The Man I Love
  • TRADITIONAL
    • Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
  • PRICE
    • Songs to the Dark Virgin
  • BOND
    • The Negro speaks of rivers
  • BOLCOM
    • Song of Black Max
    • Toothbrush Time
    • George
    • Amor
Mar 29th, 2024 7:30 pm

Martha Graham Dance Company: GRAHAM100

Martha Graham Dance Company
Hancher Auditorium, 141 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, United States, 52242
Description

Program

GRAHAM/LLOYD Panorama
GRAHAM/MENOTTI Errand into the Maze
DE MILLE/COPLAND Rodeo
SHECHTER Cave

    Aaron Copland

    The Man Behind the Music

    Many know of Aaron Copland the composer, writer, educator, and conductor, but far fewer have had the chance to know the man himself. Vivian Perlis, founding director of the Oral History Project in American Music & co-author of Copland’s autobiographies, not only takes us through the life of this great American composer, but also shows us a small window into what it was like to know the man behind the music.

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    Upcoming Performances

    Aaron Copland's music is still widely performed around the world today. Find upcoming concerts and information in the performance calendar.

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    Midday Thoughts: Editing Copland, Part 1

    The first of a two-part examination of recent editions of Copland's music, how they came to be, and why they matter.

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    The Aaron Copland Fund for Music

    Aaron Copland’s legacy as the Dean of American Music lives on through a series of grant programs managed by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Each year, the Fund awards more than $1 million in grants to ensembles, presenters, service organizations, and more for projects and general other entities to support public knowledge and appreciation of contemporary American music.

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