In Friday’s (11/27) New York Times, Phillip Lutz previews a December 6 program in Mount Kisco, New York, featuring the chamber ensemble Music From Copland House and violinist Tim Fain. Charles Ives’s Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, on the program and “completed in 1911, is a wild ride whose innovative use of the vernacular—songs like ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ and ‘Rock of Ages’ are abstracted and woven into its fabric…. Dedicated to the creation and presentation of American music, [Copland House] focuses on illuminating essential truths about the music…. Copland became an early champion of Ives’s work, presenting some of his songs as early as the 1920s and, [Copland House Executive Director Michael] Boriskin said, regarding him as a fellow traveler in the effort to challenge the European musical establishment and establish a recognizably American sound.” Also on the program are Henry Cowell’s Aeolian Harp, Lou Harrison’s Grand Duo, and Poets and Prophets by Mark O’Connor. “The rationale for including [Poets and Prophets] revolved partly around its inspiration, Johnny Cash…. Mr. Boriskin said, ‘If you’re talking about mavericks, I think you have to put him up in the forefront.’ ”
Posted December 3, 2015
