![]() ![]() ''What I tried to do in the reorchestration was to capture the Coplandesque feeling of lots of strings with piano and moments of woodwind color,'' Mr. Copland asking for permission to make a reduction of the full orchestral score to bring the music into proportion with the intimate setting of the Long Wharf Theater. ''The work contains some of Copland's best and most melodious vocal writing,'' Mr. Brown's attention, since ''The Tender Land'' has been performed so infrequently. Sidlin, conductor of the New Haven and Long Beach, Calif., Symphonies, brought ''The Tender Land'' to Mr. ![]() Copland and his librettist, Erik Johns, since the premiere of the original version in 1954, so the reputation of ''The Tender Land'' rests wholly on critical reviews of the first performances, which were mixed.Īrvin Brown, the director, and Murry Sidlin, the music director, both longtime Copland admirers, are convinced that an appraisal of the opera in the revised version is long overdue. There have been only a few scattered productions of a revised version made by Mr. ![]() ![]() THE NEW PRODUCTION OF Aaron Copland's opera ''The Tender Land,'' opening Friday at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, is more than a revival. ![]()
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