PostClassical Ensemble Concert
and Screening of The City
A screening of the The City (1939) follows Aaron Copland’s vivid and important film score as rerecorded by PostClassical Ensemble.
Event Details
Aaron Copland, born in Brooklyn, both implicitly and explicitly evokes urban landscapes in his Piano Variations and Quiet City for chamber orchestra, both of which are performed live at this event—followed by a screening of The City (1939), with Copland’s most vivid and important film score (as re-recorded by PostClassical Ensemble). This 40-minute documentary, conceived by Lewis Mumford, juxtaposes urban chaos with Mumford’s “greenbelt” panacea, embraced by the New Deal.
A conversation featuring Angel Gil‐Ordóñez and Joseph Horowitz of PostClassical Ensemble, Thomas Krähenbühl of TKTR Architects, and Washington Post Art and Architecture Critic Philip Kennicott follows.
