Top 5 Favorite Copland Works

Started by Mirror Image, June 01, 2015, 06:56:04 PM

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Another list! This time around there are no stipulations for this poll. Have fun!

My list (in no particular order):

Appalachian Spring (doesn't matter which version as the music is beautiful regardless IMHO)
Clarinet Concerto
Dance Panels
Music for a Great City
Billy the Kid

Daverz

Appalachian Spring
Danzon Cubano
Symphony 3
Our Town
Clarinet Concerto
Quiet City

Ken B

Quote from: Daverz on June 01, 2015, 07:07:53 PM
Appalachian Spring
Danzon Cubano
Symphony 3
Our Town
Clarinet Concerto
Quiet City

He's sneakin' one by again.

springrite

Appalachian Spring
Organ Symphony
Dance Panels
Clarinet Quintet
Quiet City
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

vandermolen

Symphony No.3
Symphonic Ode
The Tender Land (Orchestral Suite)
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
The Heiress (Film Music) or Quiet City (can't decide).
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Sergeant Rock

Rodeo
Connotations
Dance Symphony
Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
Appalachian Spring
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mirror Image

Quote from: vandermolen on June 02, 2015, 07:13:57 AM
Symphony No.3
Symphonic Ode
The Tender Land (Orchestral Suite)
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
The Heiress (Film Music) or Quiet City (can't decide).

The Tender Land - Orchestral Suite is just gorgeous, Jeffrey. Nice list.

Ken B

Quote from: vandermolen on June 02, 2015, 07:13:57 AM
Symphony No.3
Symphonic Ode
The Tender Land (Orchestral Suite)
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
The Heiress (Film Music) or Quiet City (can't decide).

Nice to see the Ode listed. I have a soft spot for it.

Mirror Image

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 02, 2015, 08:44:23 AM
Rodeo
Connotations
Dance Symphony
Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
Appalachian Spring

Very nice list, Sarge. I'm a bit embarrassed that I don't know Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson. :-[

Christo

No real surprises here:

Appalachian Spring
Dance Symphony
Symphony No. 3
Organ Symphony
Quiet City
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

vandermolen

Yes, thank you. The Symphonic Ode, has a craggy power which appeals to me, as does 'Cryptic' from 'Statements'. It featured as background music in a video documentary on the  Depression in the USA which I showed to my History students and always wondered what it was; I was delighted to discover it was from 'Statements for Orchestra'. Feel guilty about leaving out 'Danzon Cubano' which is an absolute hoot.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

Quote from: Christo on June 02, 2015, 11:03:50 AM
No real surprises here:

Appalachian Spring
Dance Symphony
Symphony No. 3
Organ Symphony
Quiet City

Great list although I have never quite appreciated Appalachian Spring as others clearly do.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

North Star

Appalachian Spring
Billy The Kid
Sextet for ct pf & sq
Symphony no. 3
Piano Variations
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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Sergeant Rock

Quote from: North Star on June 02, 2015, 11:50:29 AM
Piano Variations[/i]

Lenny used to play this to clear out rooms at parties  ;D

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mirror Image

My new 'Top 5' list will probably be pretty boring since I'm so enamored with Copland's "Populist" works (in no particular order):

Appalachian Spring
Billy the Kid
Rodeo
Clarinet Concerto
Symphony No. 3

Mirror Image

Where is Karl's list?!?!? This is an outrage! Paging...Mr. Henning. Paging...Mr. Henning. :)

Karl Henning

As requested, though next week the list may be different:

Nonet
Sextet
(cheers, Karlo!)
Billy the Kid (ditto)
Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
Piano Concerto
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

Quote from: karlhenning on August 04, 2016, 10:23:20 AM
As requested, though next week the list may be different:

Nonet
Sextet
(cheers, Karlo!)
Billy the Kid (ditto)
Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
Piano Concerto


Great list, my friend. Organ Symphony is great fun!

vandermolen

Today's list

Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Symphonic Ode
Symphony 3
A Lincoln Portrait ( I know it's a bit kitsch and full of non-sequiturs but I still love it - Adlai Stevenson is my favourite narrator - by the way,  is there a version narrated by Donald Trump?)  8)
Danzon Cubano (a hoot)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mirror Image

Quote from: vandermolen on August 04, 2016, 01:05:28 PM
Today's list

Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Symphonic Ode
Symphony 3
A Lincoln Portrait ( I know it's a bit kitsch and full of non-sequiturs but I still love it - Adlai Stevenson is my favourite narrator - by the way,  is there a version narrated by Donald Trump?)  8)
Danzon Cubano (a hoot)

A very fine list, Jeffrey. I like the Lincoln Portrait narrated by James Earl Jones. Quite good. What's your favorite performance of Symphonic Ode. There's several of them.