Dec 27th, 2008 · Conductor Marin Alsop examines the rarely heard music from early in Aaron Copland's career. With an ear toward Copland's bold and sometimes jazzy rhythms, Alsop says that listeners can hear hints of the wide expanses that would later open up in music such as Appalachian Spring.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Along with his acting career, Paul Newman made a name for himself as a philanthropist and humanitarian, traits that made him an appropriate choice to narrate Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, in a performance at Carnegie Hall with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Aug 10th, 2006 · Aaron Copland's simple harmonies and melodies, and his use of folk and jazz idioms, helped establish a national musical style in America. The Dallas Symphony bids farewell to longtime music director Andrew Litton with a performance of Coplands "Appalachian Spring."
Feb 18th, 2006 · Baritone Thomas Hampson tells Scott Simon about the Library of Congress "Song of America" tour. With stops in 12 cities, it features music manuscripts by Aaron Copland and Steven Foster, among others, and concerts by Hampson.
Aug 9th, 2005 · The St. Louis Symphony, conductor David Robertson and pianist Orli Shaham perform a concert celebrating American music. The program includes Aaron Copland's beloved Lincoln Portrait and works by John Adams.
Jun 15th, 2005 · Composer David Diamond died Monday at age 89. Diamond's works have been compared to those by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Blair talks about Diamond's life and about his composition Rounds.
Nov 12th, 2004 · In the last of our five days with the words and music of Aaron Copland, we hear the composer talk about an exciting episode in his life: the years he spent in Paris. And we hear Leonard Bernstein lead the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the third and fourth movements from Copland's Symphony No. 3.
Nov 12th, 2004 · In November 1980, composer Aaron Copland sat down with the late NPR host and producer Fred Calland (left) for a wide-ranging interview. NPR's Performance Today celebrates the composer's birthday (Nov. 14) with a week-long presentation of the interview accompanied by Copland's music.