The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1893, has worked with many famous composers and conductors including Elgar, Sibelius, Holst, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, and Thomas Beecham.
Composition History
The Dance Symphony by Aaron Copland was derived from his 'vampire' ballet Grohg, which was inspired by the German expressionist film Nosferatu.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Aaron Copland was particularly fond of his Short Symphony due to its complex, irregular rhythms and clear textures.
Critical Reception
The original version of Copland's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, from which his Symphony No. 1 is derived, scored a controversial success at its 1925 premiere.
Performer Biography
Marin Alsop, the conductor on this album, studied at Yale and the Juilliard School, and won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize at Tanglewood, where she studied with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.
Composition History
Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 1 is an arrangement of his earlier Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, which was first performed in 1925 with his teacher Nadia Boulanger as soloist.
Composition History
Aaron Copland's Short Symphony, designated as his 'Second Symphony', was finished in 1933 but its rhythmic difficulties meant it remained unheard in the United States until 1944.
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