4/5: Performing March, Improvisation, and Canaries from Elliot Carter’s 8 Pieces for Four Timpani (1950/1966) for the American Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Tenri Cultural Institute.

4/23 Update: I just got live recordings from this concert, courtesy of the perpetually awesome Ryan Streber… here are some excerpts:
Excerpt from Canaries:

Excerpt from March:

Excerpt from Improvisation:

Saturday April 5, 8 pm
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A W 13th Street, NYC

Centennials
Carter and Messiaen
Elliott Carter: Selections from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (1950/1966)
Carter: Figment I for solo cello (1994)
Carter: Figment IV for solo viola (2007)
Carter: Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux (1985)
Carter: Con Leggerezza Pensosa - Omaggio a Italo Calvino (1990)

Oliver Messiaen: Le Merle Noir (1952)
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1940)