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    Town Hall, Birmingham: BCMG – Celebrating Carter

    by 5:4 January 30, 2018 • 11:56
    January 30, 2018 • 11:56

    i really like concerts devoted to a single composer. Regardless of how much pre-existing knowledge one may have, the opportunity always goes a long way toward, if not defining that composer’s music, then at least clarifying certain truths about it. This was definitely the case with the latest concert given …

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    In Memoriam: Elliott Carter – Heart, not so heavy as mine

    by 5:4 November 6, 2012 • 14:16
    November 6, 2012 • 14:16

    Words by E. E. Cummings that came to mind last night following the first reports of the death of Elliott Carter, at the age of 103. i know i wasn’t alone in feeling an intensely heavy sadness at the news; one tended to think Carter was so single-mindedly alive that …

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    Proms 2011: Marc-André Dalbavie & Elliott Carter – Flute Concertos (UK Première)

    by 5:4 July 29, 2011 • 21:19
    July 29, 2011 • 21:19

    Yesterday evening’s Prom concert brought not one but two flute concertos, performed by Swiss virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud, together with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, again under Thierry Fischer’s direction. The two pieces are nearly five and three years old respectively, the first from Marc-André Dalbavie, who turned 50 earlier …

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    Interrobang – works by Elliott Carter, Paul Dolden, Javier Álvarez & more

    by 5:4 December 12, 2010 • 12:43
    December 12, 2010 • 12:43

    Anyone in the Birmingham area tomorrow night (Monday 13th) might be interested in the next concert my ensemble, Interrobang, is giving. The concert will feature a number of works by established composers, intermingled with four pieces by students and graduates of the Birmingham Conservatoire (where Interrobang is based). It includes …

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