by Kile Smith | Jul 1, 2022 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Aaron Copland became the leading voice of his generation, led there by Damrosch, Koussevitzky, and a composition teacher who happened to play the organ, Nadia Boulanger. Aaron Copland (1900–1990). Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1924) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on...
by Kile Smith | Apr 1, 2021 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Aaron Copland (1900–1990). The Tender Land, Orchestral Suite (1958) Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Hi, and welcome to Fleisher Discoveries! I’m Kile Smith. Fleisher Discoveries is a podcast from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free...
by Kile Smith | Nov 13, 2015 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
The spirit of Copland looks over Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 14th at 9 pm. It would be the 115th birthday of the son of Lithuanian immigrants, the son of Brooklyn, who, more than any other composer, defined what is “American” in American music. We...
by Kile Smith | Nov 11, 2015 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, November 14th, 5 to 6 pm (2nd Saturday this month!) Aaron Copland (1900-1990). Fanfare for the Common Man (1942) Copland. Dance Symphony (1925) Copland. Short Symphony (1933) Copland. Concerto for Clarinet and...
by Kile Smith | Nov 9, 2015 | American music, Classical music, WRTI Arts Desk
[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk 9 Nov 2015] Even without Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland might still be considered the greatest American composer. But this week, as we celebrate Copland’s birthday, WRTI’s Kile Smith thinks that the key to Aaron Copland is heard...
