Leonard Bernstein, Virgil Thompson, Walter Piston, Aaron Copland & William Schuman 📷 Bruce Davidson, 1970 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Davidson moved his subjects around for different versions of this shot, but Piston always ended up in the middle. This may be a metaphor.

Aaron Copland was never just a composer; he was always an *American* composer. But what did that label mean to him? Read on in the first of a two-part examination of Copland's best known statements on the topic in this month's Midday Thoughts. aaroncopland.com/news/midday-th…

Read my latest blog - a review of Copland Dance Episodes choreographed by Justin Peck and performed by nycballet. The ballet involves new choreography for Appalachian Spring, Rodeo and Billy the Kid. aaron-copland.com/copland-dance-… #AaronCopland #JustinPeck #NYCBalet

99 years after he first wrote the music, Copland's Prelude for Piano Trio has been published at last. Read our latest Midday Thoughts for the history behind the work from Organ Symphony through the newly published edition available from Boosey & Hawkes. aaroncopland.com/news/midday-th…

My review of the incredible The National Youth Orchestra concert at the #BBCProms last night. Incredible playing with commitment, swagger & confidence: aaron-copland.com/copland-at-the… Copland's third symphony is like a Song of the Earth - resilience & reemergence despite everything! #AaronCopland BBC Radio 3

A big weekend of new Copland blogs: First up my pilgrimage to Rock Hill Copland House after 30 years of fandom. I was lucky enough to have a personal tour with Michael Boriskin. It was wonderful and a perfect start to my New York odyssey. aaron-copland.com/a-pilgrimage-t… #AaronCopland

Read about my trip to the PaleyCenter in #NYC to see The World of Nick Adams teleplay from 1957 - the only place you'll get to hear this piece. Interesting albeit not top drawer #AaronCopland. My blog inc descriptions of the 10 cues & 12.5 mins of score aaron-copland.com/the-world-of-n…

Read my review of the first Sound World Bristol concert @ the Crypt in The Mount Without last Sunday. The five musicians performed a wide range of contempoary and near contemparary music. It was fab aaron-copland.com/bristol-sound-… @harriet_riley Alex Wilson

With all the talk of #Maestro you really need to read my blogs about the links between binary stars #AaronCopland & #LeonardBernstein aaron-copland.com/binary-stars-a… and my review of the movie aaron-copland.com/maestro-bradle…

ICYMI My latest blog: Love, existence and death – #TrioChagall paint pictures of #Vitebsk – a review of their excellent concert at Wigmore Hall last Saturday that featured works by #AaronCopland & #DmitriShostakovich aaron-copland.com/love-existence…

Read my review of recent concerts at St George's Bristol & Bristol Beacon inc the World Premiere of Odyssey by Jonathan Dove with libretto by Alasdair Middleton. I am quite certain that this performance will have changed lives aaron-copland.com/world-premiere… Jonathan Dove #jonathandove

Who has recorded the most #AaronCopland pieces? You may be surprised. Read my blog to find out: aaron-copland.com/who-has-record… London Symphony Orchestra New York Philharmonic BBC Philharmonic Orchestra #SLSO Detroit Symphony Aaron Copland Leonard Bernstein Leonard Slatkin #johnwilson M. Tilson Thomas

#TotalImmersion #MissyMazzoli - read my review of the incredible and eclectic day of music at the Barbican Centre last week: aaron-copland.com/total-immersio… Missy Mazzoli BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Dalia Stasevska 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 Sara Mohr-Pietsch Guildhall School of Music & Drama BBC Singers Lucia Chocarro Jessie Montgomery

The women who inspired and influenced #AaronCopland - a blog to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay aaron-copland.com/the-women-who-… #nadiaBoulanger #MarthaGraham #AgnesDeMille #EmiliyDickinson #VivianPerlis

#Frankenstein – Mark Bruce Company’s unmissable new dance double bill. Read my review at aaron-copland.com/frankenstein-m… Five remaining performances in Ipswich and London - don't miss out Mark Bruce Company DanceEast

Seeing a fully staged performance of The Tender Land has been on my bucket list for 30 years! It's now well and truly ticked off! Read my review of my recent trip to Teatro Regio Torino to see Copland's great opera get the love & respect it desrves! #AaronCopland aaron-copland.com/the-tender-lan…

It's only a bit over q year until #AaronCopland's 125th birthday! Find out about #Copland125 - a future facing, year long, grass roots music festival aimed at children, young artists & aspiring composers. Find out more: aaron-copland.com/copland-125-a-…

It's Aaron Copland's 125th anniversary this November and I've made this film as a personal Fanfare. Watch it here: aaron-copland.com/a-personal-fan… The video includes lots of Copland's neglected masterpieces and was filmed in #Bristol, UK. #AaronCopland #Copland125 #KevinLindegaard