Name: Sight and Sound: Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now
Start: 2023-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Organization

Admin

Fisher Center at Bard

Conductor

Leon Botstein

Orchestra

The Orchestra Now

Sight and Sound:  Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now

New York City

United States

Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Sight and Sound:  Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now: Statements Copland (+1 More)

Public

Statements

Billy the Kid (suite)

Jnanakumar P

Approved

The 1930s were a time of political and social turmoil in the United States. Through the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, art and music anchored the struggling nation’s search for identity and hope, depicting and publicizing the struggle of the era’s marginalized masses. Aaron Copland mixed everyday Americana tunes with classical music in an unprecedented way—his austere orchestral Statements and Wild-West ballet Billy the Kid both quote popular folk music of the day, earning him a reputation as the United States’s “populist” composer.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble