Get Carter! The Music of Elliott Carter
BBC Symphony Orchestra's January Composer Weekend
Fri 13 - Sun 15 Jan 2006
The BBC SO's Get Carter! weekend celebrated the life and work of arguably America's greatest living composer. Celebrating his 97th birthday this year, Elliott Carter was born in New York, took Harvard degrees in English and Music before going on to study in Paris. His musical style is a unique form of modernism reflecting the character of the man himself.
As part of this weekend of events there were two free events showcasing new works produced by students who have taken part in the BBC Symphony Orchestra's learning projects.
Saturday 14 January
7.15 Freestage event, Barbican Foyer Symphony by Three Orchestras
As Orchestra in Association of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, the BBCSO regularly works with YOOHF (the Youth Orchestra of Hammersmith and Fulham) and the Fulham Symphony Orchestra. Musicians from all three orchestras performed the premiere of a new work inspired by Elliott Carter's Symphony of Three Orchestras. Free event
Sunday 15 January 7.30 Freestage event, Barbican foyer Get Carter! GSMD-BBCSO Fusion Band
This was the performance of a new piece created by students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama working alongside musicians from the BBC SO, which took the music of Elliott Carter as its starting point. Free event
BBC Symphony Orchestra learning programme
The BBC SO is committed to adventurous and innovative education work. The two learning projects that featured within this weekend are part of an ongoing series of local, national and international activities within which we aim to open our orchestra, and the distinctive music we play, to the broadest range of participants.
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