Copland "Appalachian Spring" (Re-Upload)

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

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🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

For this Thanksgiving week we’re doing another re-upload from the archive! Today we’ll look at Copland’s Appalachian Spring, a ballet that has captured the imagination of listeners worldwide and seems to be the marker of the “American” sound in Western Classical Music. We’ll look at some of the differences between the two versions of the piece, talk about why it sounds so American, and listen to some fascinating rehearsal footage with Copland himself! This is one of my favorite past episodes - please enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hello and I'm a to Classical Music Podcast. My name is Joshua Wilerstein.
0:12.8	I'm a conductor, and I'm the artistic director
0:14.8	of the Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lausanne Switzerland.
0:17.5	This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music,
0:20.2	works in the field, or is just getting ready
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0:24.2	incredible music. Before we get started I want to think my new Patreon sponsors
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0:50.0	I'm recording this on Monday, the 23 of November and if all goes well I'll be heading to
0:56.2	Lozan tomorrow to do a radio performance of Mozart's 39th Symphony, the Christopher
1:01.3	Rass Bassoon Concerto with our former Principalassoon Exel Benoit, and the Chevalier-de-S' engeorge symphony titled Lamonim, or the anonymous
1:10.0	lover.
1:11.0	It's really a pretty special performance for me personally as it will be the first time I'm conducting
1:17.0	Chris Rouse's music since his passing last year and the bassoon concerto was actually one of his very last works so that will really be a pretty meaningful experience for me
1:27.4	In terms of the podcast we're heading towards the end of season six with maulers third symphony, don't worry, I didn't forget, coming up in the next two weeks, plus one Patreon sponsored episode that I have been forgetting to mention on the Beethoven Violin Concerto. There also might be one more special interview before the season comes to a close.
1:47.2	For now though, I realized perhaps a bit late that it's Thanksgiving this week,
1:51.1	so I wanted to go back into the archive and bring you another one of the early season
1:55.2	episodes this time a look at Copeland's Appalachian Spring. One of those pieces that just
2:00.8	seems to define what American music is. This is one of my all-time
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