Listening to Jack Beeson - first his opera of Hello Out There and now his Symphony No. 1. The symphony is fine, but the opera is much more than fine. I listened to a lot of Copland this evening and learned something: For me, you can't listen to a lot of Copland in a row. I grew weary, frankly, something that never happens when I listen to a lot of Robert Ward or Howard Hanson or Vaughn-Williams or any of my major favorites. I'm thinking my favorite Copland listen might just be the suite from his opera The Tender Land.
