July 9, 2018

A very sad day for art music...

Oliver Knussen and Elliott Carter in 2008

Just found out that Oliver Knussen died yesterday aged 66.

No other conductor gave such lightness, sparkle, and forward momentum to the music of Elliott Carter; and these qualities also characterize Knussen's own delightfully playful compositions.

What a loss...

1 comment:

Colin Green said...

A great loss to the world of music.