Beloved Montpelier pianist Michael Arnowitt will present a delightful spring program surveying the music of iconic composer Aaron Copland, who created what is considered today to be a distinctively American sound in classical music. His landmark compositions from the 1930's and 1940's used energetic jazz rhythms and folk song material from different regions of the United States and Mexico, blended into his own classical music writing style. His signature widely spaced, slow-moving chords helped depict the vast American landscape, in contrast to the crowded, densely populated countries of Europe. Michael Arnowitt will perform and discuss music from Copland's Four Piano Blues, Piano Variations, El Salon Mexico, and Copland's famous Appalachian Spring. Also included on the program is Conversation at the Soda Fountain, from the music Copland wrote for the film version of Thornton Wilder's Our Town.

Michael Arnowitt is a classical and jazz pianist and recording artist who has performed with orchestras throughout the U.S. and Europe. Arnowitt's life and music is the subject of an award-winning documentary by the American filmmaker Susan Bettmann, "Beyond Eighty-Eight Keys" (2004).

Sunday, May 13 at 4 p.m.
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Beth Jacob Synagogue
10 Harrison Street, Montpelier

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