Elliott Carter, Dead at 103

[DTMX]

Have always been partial to the various concertos.

Elliott Carter dies; Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer was 103.

[Stefan Wood]

RIP to an American master.

His string quartets are among the finest ever.

[Christiern]

There was a wonderful interview with him on New York's WNYC yesterday. It's probably in the NPL archive.

This is also interesting"

[mracz]

There was a wonderful interview with him on New York's WNYC yesterday. It's probably in the NPL archive.

This is also interesting"

The last great living modernist composer? Discuss...

[A Lark Ascending]

There's a tribute to both Carter and Henze in about 25 minutes on BBC Radio 3:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nt0y0

Available to stream for 7 days after if you can connect to the BBC iPlayer.

Also a Carter interview and tribute later tonight:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nt0zk