Copland's Quiet City

Quiet City, for English horn, trumpet & strings (from the incidental music)
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
with William Harrod, Philip Collins
Conducted by Erich Kunzel


Photos from "Empty LA" by Matt Logue and "LA Without Traffic" by Tom Baker

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Music

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• Philip Collins Erich Kunzel

[lindzyIsAwesome]

this song also reminds me of the last human taking a walk...

[isreal0312]

I am amazed the photographer managed to find city streets and highways with no traffic.

[441129]

South Bay baby! Did you take these pics? I saw my house. Photoshop?

[Nirvanarain]

Where is this?

[aarfeld]

@stikkyniks22: Thank you for supplying his name. I had recently heard a fascinating radio news item on his discovery of the music. I'm glad you enjoyed the performance.

[stikkyniks22]

@aarfeld Yes, Christopher Brellochs is the one who discovered the original instrumentation. That was an amazing show.

[stikkyniks22]

This is the perfect set of pictures for this classic Copland piece. Check out Christopher Brelloch's original version of this tune, it's breathtaking.

[educassiano]

@isreal0312 depends much on the place, the hour, and of course you can always throw some photoshop in it.

[quatloosthx1138]

I rarely comment on videos, and I have NEVER commented on the same video twice, but I watched this again, several days later. Truly this is a great video. Great concept. Great execution. Many of Logue's photos can be seen on the Web, but nowhere are they combined with appropriate music like this. Very nice. Also, I'm originally from L.A., so I know how fantastic it is to see the city empty. Reminds me of the 1985 movie from New Zealand titled "The Quiet Earth."

[quatloosthx1138]

Outstanding video. Matt Logue got his empty shots by setting a camera on a tripod and shooting hundreds of photos of each scene, all at once, so if a car covered a spot of pavement in one frame, then that spot was clear during the next click of the shutter. Then he digitally fused all the blank spaces to create one uninhabited whole. The result is apocalyptic yet serene. And with Copeland’s music, this is truly an impressive video. My compliments! Reminds me of the 1971 “The Omega Man” movie.

[BarrelsPolesandJack]

@isreal0312 Probably photoshopped the people and cars out of it.

[aarfeld]

There is a new recording of this for small ensemble (as it would have been performed with the play) based on Copland's original score, which recently came to light. There was a recent performance of it at Mr.Copland's former home on his birthday.