My orchestra recently played Copland's Appalachian Spring. It is such a beautiful piece. It was originally written for Martha Graham and, evidently, Copland only referred to this work as Ballet for Martha.
I love that the original ballet, choreographed by and starring Martha Graham, is up on youtube. Here are the four parts of this beautiful ballet. If I were more sophisticated, I would link them all together but, alas, I am not!
My absolute favorite piece of music, since at least the age of 8.
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DeleteIt is becoming one of my favorite pieces as well, especially after watching the ballet. I loved the differences in orchestration in the ballet. There some slight and some significant differences between the ballet score and the orchestral suite.