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A Celebration of Some 100 x 150 Notes

  • Year
    1986
  • Duration
    3'
  • Category
    Orchestra
Instrumentation
2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(1):glsp/vib-pft(=cel)-strings(16.14.12.10.8)
Contained In
Three Occasions for Orchestra (1986)
Commission
Commissioned by the Houston Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Texas.
Dedication
For the Houston Symphony Orchestra
Buy Score
Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts
Paul Sacher Stiftung
Premiere
Apr 10, 1987/ Houston Symphony Orchestra / Sergiu Comissiona/ Jones Hall, Houston, TX
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  • A Celebration of Some 100 x 150 Notes Clip

A Celebration of Some 100 x 150 Notes was commissioned by the Houston Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Texas. The 150 measures of the score present short motivic fanfares on each of the musical intervals. Some, like the interval of a minor third around which the celesta part is built and the big orchestral tutti featuring the perfect fifth, are treated somewhat extensively and given expressive characters, as in the short conclusion using the major second and minor seventh. The premiere was given by the commissioning orchestra under the direction of Sergiu Commissiona in its home city on April 10, 1987.

– Elliott Carter
Recordings (5)
  • American Music
    EMI (2008)
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Simon Rattle, conductor
  • Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Oliver Knussen: Océan de Terre
    Virgin Classics 5099909635 (2011)
    London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, conductor | Ole Bøhn, violin
  • American Classics: Elliott Carter
    Warner Classics 5099920662 (2008)
    London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, conductor | Ole Bøhn, violin
  • Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra; Three Occasions
    Arte Nova 74321 2773 2 (1995)
    Ursula Oppens, piano | SWF Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, conductor
  • Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Violin Concerto; Three Occasions
    Virgin Classics VC 7 91503-2 (1992)
    London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, conductor | Ole Bøhn, violin
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