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• [1] Dan the Music Master from http://www.musicmasterstudios.com/classicalmusiconline.html December 11, 2008 - 12:48PM

  Elliott Carter is one of a kind. His enthusiasm is an inspiration to myself and my fellow composers.

  
  
• [2] Shirley Leong from Suffield/West Hartford CT December 11, 2008 - 07:07PM

  to Mr. Carter - Happy Birthday! How about starting a facebook page? then we can all post to it!

  
  
• [3] Richard Mitnick from Highland Park ,NJ December 11, 2008 - 07:34PM

  Tell me that is not Hilary Hahn in the Barber.

  >>RSM

  
  
• [4] Dano from New York December 11, 2008 - 09:32PM

  Wow! Mind expanding like it used to be done. Great new connections. Thank you Nadia, thank you Terrance. And thanks so much Mr. Carter!!

  
  
• [5] Richard Mitnick from Highland Park ,NJ December 11, 2008 - 09:40PM

  Boy oh Boy!! Where is everyone? Is Carter too much? I just bought the 1961 Double Concerto mentioned in a WSJ piece on Maestro Carter.

  I described Carter's music to a major critic as like being hit in the face with sleet: it's not really painful; but you know something very real is happening. He said that he liked the description. I know that i am a fan, I think he is also.

  >>RSM

  
  
• [6] Jody from Jersey City December 11, 2008 - 09:49PM

  Great show, thanks to all involved

  
  
• [7] Greg Shafritz from Harlem, NYC December 11, 2008 - 10:05PM

  OK, I give up - what was the name of that Johannes Ciconia piece that Nadia played to illustrate composite rhythm? I don't think it was announced!

  I am LOVING this show.

  Thank you both for the education and thank you Elliott Carter for the inspiration!

  My brain is happily bifurcating now...

  
  
• [8] debbie from Brooklyn December 11, 2008 - 10:50PM

  Happy Birthday Terrance.

  
  
• [9] Adrian Greensmith from Brooklyn December 12, 2008 - 09:59AM

  Dear Nadia,

  This is Simone Dinnnerstein's son, Adrian. I am six years old. I was listening to this radio program when I was going to sleep last night. I think it is awesome!

  My birthday is on the 23rd of December. I am putting together a band for my birthday party. You gave me great ideas!

  I've seen you play at the Whitney Museum. I think you are a great musician.

  Sincerely,

  Adrian

  PS Happy birthday, Terrance!

  
  
• [10] Nadia Sirota from WNYC December 12, 2008 - 02:52PM

  Hey Adrian,

  Thanks for your great comment and Happy Early Birthday! I hope you Carter-related birthday band brings down the house!

  Nadia

  
  
• [11] Nadia Sirota from WNYC December 12, 2008 - 02:54PM

  Hey Greg,

  It's called "Le Ray Au Soley" (Olde French style!)

  Nadia

  
  
• [12] John Michael Krois from Berlin December 12, 2008 - 04:10PM

  For years Carter's music has appealed to me more than any other composer's. Normally, if you listen to a recorded piece of music repeatedly you finally have enough. This music only begins to open up then. You notice: this is worth listening to closely, then you hear how surprising new things emerge and you don't know how. That's why it feels like something real is happening.

  Thanks for the show. Wish I'd heard overnight music.

  
  
• [13] Fergus from Ruse, Bulgaria December 13, 2008 - 09:50AM

  How I have enjoyed Carter's music over the years, since I first came across it when he came to Dublin in 1980 and I was a student. To be writing such vital music at 100 is remarkable. It must have to do with the fact that he's always smiling! Thank you so much, Elliot Carter. I look forward to more.

  
  
• [14] James Doran from bed-stuy March 04, 2009 - 07:48PM

  Hey Terrance

  Thanks so much for such amazing and eclectic play lists every night you are on. Will you please podcast your show, my father in England introduced me to music at a very early age by taking me to see a performance of Flight of the Bumble Bee and other children's performances by the London Philarmonic Orchestra in about 1976. I call him every Sunday -- he is 75 now -- and spend most of my time telling him what you have played during the week. He then tells me where he first heard the piece and whatever anecdotes he has associated with it. Usually he comes back to the fact that he saw Pavarotti's first performance in the 1960s when he filled in for some other tenor who was sick. I would much rather send him your podcast or buy him an i-pod for his birthday and then tell him how to subscribe. Please let me know if you can do this. Thanks for everything Terrance, your music is frequently the highlight of my day. J

  
  
• [15] YUEH April 18, 2009 - 07:45PM

  Elegy真是個好作品，

  聽一次就寄住了！