Nine by Five for woodwind quintet (2009) | Compositions

Instrumentation: fl(=picc).ob(=corA).cl(=Ebcl).bn(=dbn).hn
Dedication: To Joseph Polisi. For Charles Neidich and the New York Woodwind Quintet
Buy Score: Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts: Paul Sacher Stiftung

Premiere: Feb 11, 2010/ New York Woodwind Quintet/ Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY

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Hommage à Elliott Carter - Ensemble Intercontemporain

January 15, 2018

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When Charles Neidich asked me if I would write a quintet for the excellent New York Woodwind Quintet, after a lot of thought I decided to follow the example of my friend the late Italian composer, Goffredo Petrassi, who wrote a charming wind trio – Tre Per Sette, in which the players each have several instruments of the same type with different ranges. In my Nine by Five the flutist also plays piccolo, the oboist an English horn and so forth.

The work, largely linear, has solos, duets, and even a quintet. These sections are separated by a play of intervallic fragments. It was composed during the last months of 2009 in NYC.

– Elliott Carter

Recordings (2)

La Musique
Genuin GEN 21731 (2021)
Swiss Chamber Soloists: Diego Chenna, bassoon; Félix Renggli, flute; François Benda, clarinet; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Sergio Pires, clarinet; Sarah Wegener, soprano (+4)
Music of Elliott Carter, Volume 9
Bridge Records 9396 (2013)
Rosalind Rees, soprano | David Starobin, guitar | Tony Arnold, soprano | Colorado College Festival Orchestra, Scott Yoo, conductor | Charles Rosen, piano | Basel Sinfonietta (+8)