Aaron Copland was from Brooklyn. He was a city slicker who captured -- and to a certain degree, created -- what we think of as the sound of the old American West. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear selections from his cowboy ballet, "Billy the Kid."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Camilla de Rossi: Sinfonia from "Il Sacrifizio di Abramo": 1. Largo; 4. Presto e piano assai
Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, lute and conductor
Baroquen Treasures
Newport 60102
Francis Poulenc: Suite Francaise
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Bates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sinfonia in G minor, FWV M:g1
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, artistic directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Joaquin Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre
Ekachai Jearakul, guitar; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Hour 2
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 83: No. 1 in a minor
Kari Kriikku, clarinet; Martti Rousi, cello; Arto Satukangas, piano
Zemlinsky, Bruch: Clarinet Trio
Ondine 760
Frederic Chopin: Four Mazurkas, Op. 68
Roberto Plano, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, University of South Carolina School of Music, Columbia, SC
Aaron Copland (arr. Quincy C. Hilliard): Scenes from Billy The Kid
United States Marine Band; Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Max Bruch: String Octet in B-flat Major
Scott St. John, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin; Livia Sohn, violin; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, bass
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC
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