March 29, 2013

A Good Friday indeed...



Any day of the week on which I would come across my first live recording of a favorite piece by Elliott Carter would be a good day.  It just happened to be this Friday, so I am happy to think of this day as my "Good Friday".
    
The piece in question is Triple Duo, performed by the Doelen Ensemble on Dec. 4, 2008 at the Muziekgebouw aan't IJ in Amsterdam.  Although the old studio recording by the Fires of London (on Nonesuch) is splendid in every respect, there is no substitute for hearing Carter's playful music in a live recording which captures face to face, real-time communication between musicians and their audience.

2 comments:

john schott said...

Where's that great photo of Carter from? I don't believe I've ever seen it. Triple Duo, one of the happiest, funniest pieces of "atonal" music ever. Thanks!

Boom said...

John,

I found this photo on a website with a rather morbid-sounding name:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100250799

There is also a photo of Carter's tombstone...