Added: Jul 23, 2008

From: jo3br3nt

Duration: 10:33

Performance of Elliot Carter's 'Luimen' at Tanglewood, 7/20/08. Joseph Brent, mandolin; Oren Fader, guitar; Megan Levin, harp; Steven Merrill, vibes; Patrick Pfister, trombone; Chris Coletti, trumpet; Christoph Altstaedt, conducting. Watch through the end for an appearance by Mr. Carter himself.

Channel: Music

Tags: brent  carter  chamber  elliot  guitar  harp  joseph  luimen  mandolin  music  tanglewood  trombone  trumpet  vibraphone 

Rating: 5.00 (5 ratings)    Views: 592' favoriteCount='4    Comments: 5

tedskes Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Absolutely wonderful and great to play it in presence of the composer.

jo3br3nt Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Thank you, Tom! I have played this piece for Mr. Carter many times now, and it is always an honor.

musicsignifica Says:

Jul 31, 2008 - Thanks so much for posting. This was a historic week. Incidentally, what program did you use to capture the feed from Tanglewood?

TheBlackPage1 Says:

Jul 31, 2008 - Yes, I would love to know that also. Wonderful piece, wonderful performance. Elliott Carter is a genius in the truest sense of the word, and we're lucky to blessed with his music.

jo3br3nt Says:

Aug 1, 2008 - A friend of mine is one of the developers for Microsoft Silverlight, a Flash competitor. I pointed him to the link on the BSO site, and in a minute or so he was able not only to download the entire embedded .flv file, but edit it down to just the Luimen for me as well. This fellow, I don't need to say, is a pretty smart fellow.

jo3br3nt Says:

Aug 1, 2008 - Thank you musicsignifica and TheBlackPage1 for the kind words, I often feel blessed to not only be able to play this incredible music, but to share it with such exceptional musicians.

nuguymart Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - sweet

cmc59 Says:

Aug 11, 2008 - Hey! Coletti here, I would love to download some of the other pieces from that concert as well! Do you have any idea how he did it? THanks for posting this!