Happy Birthday, Mr Carter!

Steve Hicken is writing a series of posts on his blog, listen, discussing ten works by Elliott Carter which have especially impressed him, in honor of Mr Carter's centenary.

Last night, there was an engaging conversation with Elliott Carter, Daniel Barenboim and James Levine on Charlie Rose. [Seems that Carter's first name is misspelled on that page.]

And, in November of 2007, on the occasion of James Sommerville playing the premiere of the Horn Concerto, the maestro agreed most avuncularly to sign my program: