Copland: Appalachian Spring | Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil | Sound/Stage

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil perform Aaron Copland’s monumental “Appalachian Spring” Suite in its original orchestration for thirteen instruments.
Watch the full Sound/Stage episode here: https://youtu.be/sw6SgiR0IvI

00:00 I. Very slowly
03:11 II. Fast
06:13 III. Moderate
10:06 IV. Quite fast
13:45 V. Still faster
18:13 VI. Very slowly (as at first)
19:34 VII. Calm and flowing
22:44 VIII. Moderate – Coda

Recorded at the Hollywood Bowl as part of Sound/Stage.

ABOUT THE PIECE
Legendary American music patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commissioned Aaron Copland to compose a ballet for dancer/choreographer Martha Graham. “After Martha gave me this bare outline, I knew certain crucial things—that it had to do with the pioneer American spirit, with youth and spring, with optimism and hope,” Copland wrote. He had no idea what the title would be, and it’s unlikely that any of them suspected the resulting collaboration would become such a beloved icon of American culture. The original complete ballet was written for only 13 instruments. Copland extracted a suite and scored it for full orchestra, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1945. Here we play the suite (shorter than the ballet by 10 minutes) in the edition for 13 musicians.
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