Elliott Carter - 90+ (1994) [Score Video]

Elliott Carter - 90+, for Piano (1994)
Pianist: Chris Bobbins
Performance Link: • Elliott Carter - 90+ (...
"90+ for piano is built around ninety short, accented notes played in a slow regular beat. Against these the contest changes character continually. It was composed in March of 1994 to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of my dear and much admired friend, Goffredo Petrassi, Italy's leading composer of his generation. Its first performance was given by Giuseppe Scotese on June 11, 1994, at the Pontino Music Festival dedicated to Petrassi's birthday."

[@coreylapinas1000]

Sounds like popcorn popping

[@stacia6678]

i did a scat performance at my local church based on this piece and the audience loved it

[@machida5114]

sodelicious................................

[@UtsyoChakraborty]

So beautiful!

[@paulbetjeman9933]

thank you for posting this.

[@B-eSCH]

Based!
I am stupidly curious how many people also thought Carter composed it because he was 90 years old?

[@JosephOziel]

He was close to 90 when it was composed lol

[@B-eSCH]

coincidence...? 🤣@@JosephOziel

[@JosephOziel]

lol might be@@B-eSCH

[@NiT981-]

You can hear the complement union property at work here.

[@AndyAand]

Quite an endeavor to learn all the rhythms. Did you practice with metronome?

[@JosephOziel]

This isn't my performance, but it is true that this piece is difficult rythmically

[@alans98989]

Given the fact that this is a solo piece, my solution would be to just approximate it. Even amongst an audience of professional musicians, hardly anyone would notice or care that you didn't get the rhythm exactly right. When it comes to modernist music, there are composers like Messiaen, Ligeti, and Reich, whose music requires absolute rhythmic precision. This piece is not among them.

[@1MrZackdaddy]

Jesus aint coming!

[@bazingacurta2567]

Awful.

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

Boooooooring