Carter, Elliott: Luimen (1997) 12'
for ensemble
Scoring
tpt.trbn-vib-mand-gtr-harp.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
3/31/1998
Paradiso, Amsterdam
Nieuw Ensemble / Ed Spanjaard
Composer's Notes
For a number of years I had been thinking of writing a piece based on the sound of plucked instruments like the mandolin, guitar, and harp, so when the Nieuw Ensemble asked me for a piece I realized that this group had excellent players of these three instruments to which I added trumpet, trombone and vibraphone and composed a one movement fantasy whose title was chosen by the Ensemble (meaning ‘moods’). The score opens with a fast movement during which the mandolin picks out a line of short notes. A guitar solo accompanied by the group follows and the work concludes with a coda for the sextet. The music was composed during the early summer of 1997 in Southbury , Connecticut.
-Elliott Carter
Reproduction Rights:
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to the composer
Recommended Recording
Speculum Musicae/Susan Narucki/Daniel Druckman
Bridge 9111
for ensemble
Scoring
tpt.trbn-vib-mand-gtr-harp.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
3/31/1998
Paradiso, Amsterdam
Nieuw Ensemble / Ed Spanjaard
Composer's Notes
For a number of years I had been thinking of writing a piece based on the sound of plucked instruments like the mandolin, guitar, and harp, so when the Nieuw Ensemble asked me for a piece I realized that this group had excellent players of these three instruments to which I added trumpet, trombone and vibraphone and composed a one movement fantasy whose title was chosen by the Ensemble (meaning ‘moods’). The score opens with a fast movement during which the mandolin picks out a line of short notes. A guitar solo accompanied by the group follows and the work concludes with a coda for the sextet. The music was composed during the early summer of 1997 in Southbury , Connecticut.
-Elliott Carter
Reproduction Rights:
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to the composer
Recommended Recording
Speculum Musicae/Susan Narucki/Daniel Druckman
Bridge 9111
Mailing List
Sign up for news updates and offers via email
SIGN UP
Featured Publication
Britten: War Requiem
Britten's pacifist masterwork, combining war poetry by Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass, is included in the Masterworks Library of full scores, ideal for conductors, students and music lovers.
READ MORE