COPLAND: Prairie Journal / The Red Pony Suite / Letter from Home

Featuring

JoAnn Falletta
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Aaron Copland

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Album & Artwork

This album is specifically dedicated to works by Aaron Copland that were inspired by the expansive landscape of the American prairie.

Performer Biography

JoAnn Falletta, the conductor, has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, and has championed American music, presenting nearly 300 works by American composers.

Compositional Technique

Rodeo, one of Copland's 'cowboy ballets,' incorporates various American folk-tunes like 'Sis Joe,' 'Old Paint,' and 'Bonyparte and McLeod's Reel' in its famous 'Hoe Down' section.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Aaron Copland aimed to develop a distinctively American style of composition that would be as recognizable as the national styles of late 19th-century Russian composers.

Composer Biography

Aaron Copland, the composer, was the son of Jewish emigrants from Poland and Lithuania, born in Brooklyn in 1900.

Composition History

Prairie Journal was commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System for a radio orchestra broadcast in 1936, after George Gershwin reportedly refused the commission.