Copland: Dance Symphony
Aaron Copland, called “the father of American music,” has had an enormous influence on film music, not least his way of balancing the grand with the intimate. Although he himself wrote few original film scores, Copland’s style has become a template for the classic Hollywood sound. Copland’s early work Dance Symphony bears a clear imprint of European modernism – especially Stravinsky with his rhythmic power and dissonant color – but also of jazz and the urban pulse of 1920s New York. Principal Guest Conductor Barbara Hannigan opens the season with musical fireworks.
Recorded for GSOplay in Gothenburg Concert Hall in September 2025.
