Notes and Editorial Reviews
Aaron Copland’s suite from the ballet Appalachian Spring won him a Pulitzer Prize and global recognition. The famous Quaker song ‘Simple Gifts’ and the American ambience of this suite contrast with the more modernist Symphonic Ode, which conveys rugged grandeur through an uncompromising structural unity. Neglected since the late 1960s, Paul Creston’s music was once amongst the most frequently performed of any American composer. His poetic Symphony No 3 is an orchestral Life of Christ, movingly expressed through themes inspired by Gregorian chant.
Aaron Copland’s suite from the ballet Appalachian Spring won him a Pulitzer Prize and global recognition. The famous Quaker song ‘Simple Gifts’ and the American ambience of this suite contrast with the more modernist Symphonic Ode, which conveys rugged grandeur through an uncompromising structural unity. Neglected since the late 1960s, Paul Creston’s music was once amongst the most frequently performed of any American composer. His poetic Symphony No 3 is an orchestral Life of Christ, movingly expressed through themes inspired by Gregorian chant. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Symphony no 3, Op. 48 "Three Mysteries" by Paul Creston
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950
2.
Appalachian Spring: Suite by Aaron Copland
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943-1944; USA
Date of Recording: 11/22/1994
Venue: Opera House, Seattle, Washington
Length: 24 Minutes 26 Secs.
3.
Symphonic Ode by Aaron Copland
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927-1929; USA
Date of Recording: 06/02/1993
Venue: Opera House, Seattle, Washington
Length: 19 Minutes 56 Secs.
Sound Samples
Appalachian Spring: Suite
Symphony No. 3, Op. 48, "3 Mysteries": I. The Nativity
Symphony No. 3, Op. 48, "3 Mysteries": II. The Crucifixion
Symphony No. 3, Op. 48, "3 Mysteries": III. The Resurrection
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