Aaron Copland leads the orchestra in an abridged version of his opera The Tender Land, recorded in 1965. Also featured are two jazz-inspired works: Bill Russo’s Symphony No. 2, The Titans, featuring Maynard Ferguson as soloist with Leonard Bernstein conducting, and A Tone Parallel to Harlem featuring Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur. Alec Baldwin is your host.
Aaron Copland Conducts The Tender Land
Aaron Copland with Marian Anderson, rehearsing "Lincoln Portrait" (Image: Allen J. Winigrad via loc.gov)
Playlist
William Russo: Symphony No. 2, Titans
Maynard Ferguson, trumpet; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Duke Ellington (arr. Wynton Marsalis): A Tone Parallel to Harlem
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Wynton Marsalis, artistic director & trumpet; Kurt Masur, conductor
Aaron Copland: The Tender Land (abridged)
Joy Clements, soprano; Claramae Turner, mezzo-soprano; Richard Cassilly, tenor; Richard Fredricks, baritone; Norman Treigle, bass; Choral Art Society/ William Jonson, director; Aaron Copland, conductor