A little Elliot Carter
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:35 pm
Hey all,
Our web site is running a stream of one of our performances of Elliot Carter's "Soundings." There's a nice article on him (he turns 100 this year) as well. I post this here because of a nice lengthy tuba solo about 3/4ths of the way into the piece. I figured you all might get a kick out of hearing some new orchestral music with some tasty tuba writing....and, really, who wouldn't!?!?!?
http://www.alabamasymphony.org/content.asp?id=328663" target="_blank
The piece somewhat takes a jab at the conductor/pianist who likes to play paino concertos and conduct at the same time. The piece was written for Barenboim and the CSO (after Barenboim made a comment to Carter about his other "concerto" being too difficult to play/conduct). With this knowledge, you can surely find the dry humor in the piece.
As one of my colleagues exclaimed after a rehearsal, "That's baby-makin' music."
- Andy
Our web site is running a stream of one of our performances of Elliot Carter's "Soundings." There's a nice article on him (he turns 100 this year) as well. I post this here because of a nice lengthy tuba solo about 3/4ths of the way into the piece. I figured you all might get a kick out of hearing some new orchestral music with some tasty tuba writing....and, really, who wouldn't!?!?!?
http://www.alabamasymphony.org/content.asp?id=328663" target="_blank
The piece somewhat takes a jab at the conductor/pianist who likes to play paino concertos and conduct at the same time. The piece was written for Barenboim and the CSO (after Barenboim made a comment to Carter about his other "concerto" being too difficult to play/conduct). With this knowledge, you can surely find the dry humor in the piece.
As one of my colleagues exclaimed after a rehearsal, "That's baby-makin' music."
- Andy