Copland's 'Appalachian Spring' Suite

Podcast: Composers Datebook · American Public Media

Opublikowano: 2026-10-04

Synopsis On today’s date in 1945, Artur Rodzinski conducted the New York Philharmonic in the premiere performance of an orchestral suite arranged from Aaron Copland’s ballet score Appalachian Spring. For the ballet’s 1944 premiere at the Library of Congress, Copland called for a chamber orchestra of 13 players, but for most music lovers, it’s as a work for a larger symphony orchestra that Appalachian Spring is most often remembered. He said he had conducted all of his own works but knew his Appalachian Spring best of all. He also had some...