The Ensemble Sospeso - Elliott Carter - Friday, 30 January 2004

elliott carter
carter at 95

friday · 30 january 2004 · 8:00 pm
the angel orensanz foundation center
172 norfolk street, between houston and stanton · new york
tickets $25/$45 with gift of new Sospeso/Arditti/Carter CD
student/senior discounts available
reservations (212) 926-0759 or ensemble@sospeso.com
tickets at the angel orensanz foundation center box office

Aaron Copland called Elliott Carter "one of America's most distinguished creative artists in any field." With this concert, Sospeso and guest artists the Arditti Quartet celebrate Mr. Carter's 95th birthday, as well as the release of Mode Records' high-resolution Carter CD/DVD Quintets and Voices, featuring Sospeso, the Ardittis, and Ursula Oppens.

Four of Mr. Carter's recent works (including the Italian song cycle Tempo e Tempi, sung by soprano Lucy Shelton) mingle with newly written tribute works by an international group of leading composers, including Pierre Boulez, Elliott Sharp, and Christian Wolff.

In their first New York appearance in several years, the Arditti Quartet—who "manage to say more in a couple of bow strokes than some concerts communicate in total" (Sunday Times)—perform Carter's latest string quartet and join forces with Sospeso for the Oboe Quartet, a treasure of the composer's latest works.

The concert also celebrates the release of Mode's CD/DVD Elliott Carter. The composer-supervised recordings include the first recording of the Quintet for Piano and Strings, and the DVD features a filmed interview with Mr. Carter, Irvine Arditti, Ursula Oppens, and Sospeso's Joshua Cody, as well as Dutch director Frank Scheffer's stunning film of the Quintet.

Click here to see a portfolio of photographs from the concert.

pierre boulez event co-chair
the arditti string quartet guest artists
stephen gosling piano
robert ingliss oboe
lucy shelton soprano
rand steiger conductor


	elliott carter oboe quartet (2001) for oboe and string trio elliott carter fifth string quartet (1995) elliott carter fragment 2 (1999) for string quartet \| american premiere elliott carter scrivo in vento (1991) for solo flute elliott carter tempo e tempi (1999) for soprano and musicians, on texts by Montale, Quasimodo, and Ungaretti pierre boulez petite dérive—en ècho (1998) for ensemble \| world premiere joshua cody wind (2003) for string quartet \| world premiere michael finnissy diamond suburbia (2003) for ensemble \| world premiere hilda paredes seed of time (2003) for chamber ensemble \| world premiere augusta read thomas bubble: rainbow (spirit level) (2003) for soprano and musicians, on texts by Elizabeth Bishop and Emily Dickinson \| world premiere frederick rzewski ninety-six (2003) for quintet \| world premiere elliott sharp 95 for e.c. from e# (2003) for string quintet \| world premiere christian wolff for e.c. (2003) for string quartet \| world premiere