Simple Gifts: Shaker Village

NEW YORK, NY - On September 9, 2016, CMS Live releases Simple Gifts: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Shaker Village. The recording captures a historic moment in American history: the first performance of Aaron Copland's landmark ballet score Appalachian Spring in the heart of an authentic Shaker village, Kentucky's historic Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. The album, which was recorded live in May 2015, is also being released on the same day as the program debuts as the season opening broadcast of Live From Lincoln Center on PBS (September 9, 2016, 9:00 pm on most stations).