The Boulanger Connection
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Left to right: Aaron Copland, Nadia Boulanger, and Walter Piston, Boston, 1945.
She was a composer, a conductor—and the most influential music teacher of the 20th century.
Most notably, this austere French woman helped shape the careers of an impressive number of American composers—from Aaron Copland to Roy Harris, from Walter Piston to Virgil Thomson, from Philip Glass to Quincy Jones.
And, in terms of her influence, George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein, as well.
In this hour, the story of the remarkable, the unique...Nadia Boulanger.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Thomson: Symphonie [for Symphony on a Hymn Tune- III. Allegretto] |
Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares |
Naxos 8.559022 |
636943902226 |
| French Piano Concertos [for Boulanger’s Fantaisie for 'Piano and Orchestra I. Lent. Grave – Allegro] |
Florian Uhlig , piano; German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Pablo Gonzalez |
Brilliant Classics 95899 |
5028421958996 |
| Copland - Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 [for Symphony for Organ & Orchestra: Scherzo] |
Jonathan Scott organ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson |
Chandos CHAN 5171 |
095115517123 |
| Gershwin: Complete Orchestral Collection [for Catfish Row” |
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel |
Telarc 2CD-80445 |
7774952857002 |
| Piston: Symphony No. 6, etc, [for The Incredible Flutist] |
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin |
RCA Red Seal 60798-2-RC |
090266079827 |
| Harris: Symphony No. 2 |
Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller |
Albany TROY 515 |
034061051527 |
| Seven Pastorales, etc. [for Glanville Hicks - Etruscan Concerto] |
Keith Jarrett, piano; Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies |
MusicMasters 67089-2 |
016126708928 |
| African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 2 [for George Walker’s Lyric for Strings] |
Chicago Sinfonietta, Paul Freeman |
Cedille CDR 90000 061 |
735131906128 |
| Piazzola: Tangos [for “Triunfal”] |
Gerardo Vila |
Gallo CD-1058 |
7619918105825 |
| Chihara The Tempest [“Wheat Siciliano” and “Rye Rag”] |
Performing Arts Orchestra, Jean-Louis LeRoux |
Reference Recordings
RR-10CD |
030911101022 |
| Glass - Piano Works [forPassacaglia for Solo Piano, ''Distant Figure.''] |
Jenny Lin |
Steinway and Sons 30127 |
034062301270 |
| Teach Me! [for the Main Title from the film The Color Purple, music by Quincy Jones]. |
The Boulanger Trio |
Berlin Classics 0301656BC |
885470016566 |
