By any measure, Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland is one of the great American works of art. But in 1944, Copland was paid 500 dollars for writing it. Not much for a future classic. But looking back, Copland said, "they needn't have worried about the amount. Five hundred dollars seemed like a lot to me in those days." On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra play 500 dollars worth of music by Aaron Copland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Maurice Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltz No. 7
Vladimir Spivakov, violin, Sergei Bezrodny, piano
Marco dall'Aquila: Ricercar No. 17 and Ricercar No. 6
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival
Pierre Passereau: Il est Bel et Bon
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival
Franz Schubert: Adagio in E flat, D. 897
Mitsuko Uchida, piano, David McCarroll, violin, Bronwyn Banerdt, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Sivan Magen, harp, Joshua Smith, flute, Moran Katz, clarinet, Joseph Lin and Benjamin Beilman, violins, Luke Fleming, viola, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Francisco Mignone: Concertino for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
Sergio Burgani, clarinet, the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Concert Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hour 2
Arvo Part: Fur Alina
Bruce Levingston, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Queen of the Night Aria, from the Magic Flute, K. 620
Francois Leleux, oboe and conductor, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
William Bolcom: New York Lights
Bruce Levingston, piano
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Jessie Montgomery: Strum, for String Quartet
The Catalyst Quartet
Sphinx Competition, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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