Carter 100

Elliott Carter is, I believe, the first "famous" composer who has composed a piece for his own centenary.

The Astra Chamber Music Society in Melbourne is putting on a concert a few days before his actual birthday featuring the Brass Quintet (Program Note - pdf download), written in 1974.

ECQ
Tristram Williams (trumpet)
Mark Skillington (trumpet)
Geoff Lierse (french horn)
Bob Collins (trombone)
Charles MacInnes (bass trombone)

We formed this ensemble in 2002 for the express purpose of learning and performing this demanding work. We gave several performances (for Astra, VCA, and at the MIFB), and are now doing it again in honour of the 100th!


To help us become familiar with the metric modulation of the work, I made a click track.
CLICK here to listen to (or RIGHT-CLICK to save) a low resolution MP3 (56 kbps/16'41") of this file (7MB) - caution - do not use this link if you want to hear any music; this is for learning purposes only!