At this late date there can be little argument that the Copland Third (1946) is the Great American Symphony, a veritable apotheosis of the musical nationalism to which so many native composers pledged ...

We have a habit in this country of looking for national symbols to use as marketing tools -- the Great American Opera, the Great American Novel, the Great American Breakfast Cereal, or what have you.

His composition Music For a Great City described London, not his native New York City. Few compositions make the American heart skip a beat like the triumphant Copland Third!

Two sturdy examples of American serious music at its most confident, unsentimental, Europe-defying best. And needless to say, two pieces that, for all their avowed importance and originality, are ...

A 2012 production of Paul Hindemith's opera "Mathis der Maler" at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna Austria directed by Keith Warner with set design by Johan Engels. Hindemith created a suite of music ...

Often called the “Great American Symphony,” Aaron Copland’s monumental Symphony No. 3 takes listeners on an extraordinary journey, culminating in the stirring and euphoric Fanfare for the Common Man.

INTERMISSION can be an orchestra’s best friend — or at least it seemed that way at the Oakland East Bay Symphony’s concert Friday at the Paramount Theatre. It certainly revived what had been shaping ...

No sooner does one recording project come to an end than the next one begins. With their Mahler cycle complete at last, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony marked their return from a ...

British composer Malcolm Arnold said,"Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is." Concerts provide essential togetherness, but closeness ...