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Mosaic for chamber ensemble

  • Year
    2004
  • Duration
    10'
  • Category
    Chamber
Instrumentation
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Commission
Commissioned by the Nash Ensemble for its 40th anniversary season, with the kind support of the Garrick Trust, and in association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Music Director, James Levine
Dedication
in memory of Carlos Salzedo
Buy Score
Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts
Paul Sacher Stiftung
Premiere
Mar 16, 2005/ Nash Ensemble/ Purcell Room, London
News
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Carlos Salzedo, the extraordinary harpist, who was a member of the small group of modernists that surrounded Varese and Ives in the 1920’s and 30’s and has remained a memory which I cherish. His unusual developments in harp technique always seemed to me too infrequently explored in recent times. So in writing Mosaic, commissioned by the Nash Ensemble, I decided to explore many of his exciting inventions to recall his friendship in the early 1930’s.

The score is formed by many short mosaic-like tessera that I hope make one coordinated impression.

– Elliott Carter
Recordings (2)
  • Elliott Carter: The Complete String Quartets; 100th Anniversary Release
    Naxos 8.503225 (2010)
    Pacifica Quartet: Simin Ganatra, violin I; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin II; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello
  • Elliott Carter: 100th Anniversary Release
    Naxos 8.559614 (2008)
    New Music Concerts Ensemble, Robert Aitken, conductor | Max Christie, clarinet | David Hetherington, cello | Virgil Blackwell, bass clarinet | Fujiko Imajishi, violin | David Swan, piano
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