Elliott Carter, 1908-2012

[bhodges]

And the Carter fun never stops!  Sandwiched in between its complete Mahler cycle with Barenboim and Boulez alternating as conductors, the Staatskapelle Berlin is doing this:

Monday, May 11, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Zankel Hall

Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin
·· Gregor Witt, Oboe
·· Matthias Glander, Clarinet
·· Ignacio Gracía, Horn
·· Holger Straube, Bassoon
·· Claudius Popp, Cello
·· Torsten Schönfeld, Timpani

Carter: Cello Sonata 
Carter: Selections from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani 
Carter: Quintet for Piano and Winds

--Bruce

[Joe Barron]

Weeknight! Always a weeknight!

[Mark G. Simon]

Joe,

Love the "Schoenberg the Sailor Man" avatar.

[karlhenning]

Aye, there's a composer who atesk his spinach!

[Joe Barron]

You guys are terrific. I was worried nobody would think of the tune.

Bin Arnold der Fahrensmann!

[Joe Barron]

Aye, there's a composer who atesk his spinach!

atesk?

[karlhenning]

atesk?

The simple past form of to eat in Popeye-speak.

[bwv 1080]

If anyone is curious, EC's life expectancy is another 2 years

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html

[Joe Barron]

If anyone is curious, EC's life expectancy is another 2 years

And how do we arrive at that. Cal?

[bwv 1080]

And how do we arrive at that. Cal?

Fixed the link to the mortality table above

[Joe Barron]

Check THIS out.

Makes me wonder when they will get around to releasing the second volume of the string quartets ...

[not edward]

Check THIS out.

Makes me wonder when they will get around to releasing the second volume of the string quartets ...

I'm wondering if these are live recordings. If so, I was in the audience for all of them.

[bwv 1080]

Check THIS out.

Makes me wonder when they will get around to releasing the second volume of the string quartets ...

that's lame- one unrecorded piece among the lot, Naxos could have done a disc purely of newer music

[not edward]

that's lame- one unrecorded piece among the lot, Naxos could have done a disc purely of newer music

Yes, that's what makes me think it's probably a live recording. Those were exactly the pieces played when Carter came to Toronto a couple of years ago.

[Joe Barron]

that's lame- one unrecorded piece among the lot, Naxos could have done a disc purely of newer music

Maybe it couldn't have. With the newer pieces, there's the question of rights and performers' privilege. First recordings are hard to do. What bugs me is that the CD seems to be so short. The four pieces together are only about thirty minutes long.

[karlhenning]

Maybe it couldn't have. With the newer pieces, there's the question of rights and performers' privilege. First recordings are hard to do. What bugs me is that the CD seems to be so short. The four pieces together are only about thirty minutes long.

Oof.

[Joe Barron]

Oof.

My mistake. The complete program, which can be seen farther down the page, lists several other short works as padding. And you get a DVD got the big nine-pound price. Still, BWV is right. Carter deserves better.

[karlhenning]

. . . several other short works as padding.

Perhaps a gymnopédie or three?

[CRCulver]

Yet another recording of works by performers other than the dedicatees. Anyone know where I could find "Gra" and "Scrivo in vento" performed by the musicians Carter had in mind?

[not edward]

Yet another recording of works by performers other than the dedicatees. Anyone know where I could find "Gra" and "Scrivo in vento" performed by the musicians Carter had in mind?

If the disc has the performances I think they are, Scrivo in vento is performed by the dedicatee, Robert Aikten (director of New Music Concerts).