Two Controversies and a Conversation for piano, percussion, and chamber orchestra or full orchestra

Year
2011
Duration
11'
Category
Solo and Orchestra

Instrumentation

perc for soloist:4tom-t/2congas/4bongos/SD/tam-t/2gongs/med susp.cym/5tpl.bl(low to high)/marimba/vib/xyl/glsp/crot; 1(=picc).2.2(I=Ebcl, II=bcl).1-1.2.1.0-strings (min:2.2.2.2.2)

Member Works

Controversy I (2011)
Controversy II (2011)
Conversation (2010)

Dedication

To Colin Currie and Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Notes

Note that when the complete work is performed, the last movement title is singular "Conversation."

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Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)

Manuscripts

Paul Sacher Stiftung

Premiere: Jun 8, 2012/ Colin Currie, percussion / Eric Huebner, piano / New York Philharmonic / David Robertson/ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Conversations Clip

After the premiere of Conversations at the Aldeburgh Festival in June of 2011 Oliver Knussen suggested that I expand this piece. I decided to add two more movements, which became the two controversies. The first of the two controversies has the percussion in the leading role and the second features the piano which ends the movement in a flourish.

– Elliott Carter

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Elliott Carter Late Works
Ondine ODE 1296-2 (2017)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Oliver Knussen, conductor | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group | Colin Currie, percussion | Isabelle Faust, violin | Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello