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 Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear a suite from his cowboy ballet, "Billy the Kid."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Aaron Copland: Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz
London Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
The Copland Collection 1936-1948
Sony 46559
Lev Zhurbin: Two Pieces for Violin and Viola
Maureen Nelson, violin; Hyobi Sim, viola
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sundin Hall, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN
Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill
Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Keith Robinson, cello; Hyeyeon Park, harpsichord
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Aaron Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Hour 2
George Gershwin (arr. Brad Dechter): Someone To Watch Over Me
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
Serenade: The Love Album
E One 7792
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
RTE National Symphony Orchestra; Hakan Hardenberger, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Missy Mazzoli: Dissolve, O My Heart
Jennifer Koh, violin
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Lionel Bringuier, conductor
The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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