Triple Duo for six players (1982) | Compositions

Instrumentation: fl(=picc).cl(=Ebcl,bcl)-perc(1):glsp/crot/marimba/lg susp.cym/SD/BD/3tpl.bl/4tom-t-pft-vln.vlc
Dedication: [The Fires of London] and its prime mover, Peter Maxwell Davies
Buy Score: Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts: Paul Sacher Stiftung

Premiere: Apr 23, 1983/ The Fires of London: Philippa Davies (fl/picc), David Campbell (cl/ebcl/bcl), Stephen Pruslin (pft), Gregory Knowles (perc), Rosemary Furniss (vln), Jonathan Williams (vcl)/ Symphony Space , New York, NY

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Triple Duo, for an ensemble of six musicians, is a work, as its name implies, that treats the group as three pairs of instruments: flute/clarinet, violin/cello, piano/percussion. Each of these pairs has its own repertory of ideas and moods. This free fantasy involves various contrasts, conflicts and reconciliations between the three duos. Triple Duo was composed during 1982 in Waccabuc, New York.

– Elliott Carter

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Excerpt from Triple Duo manuscript (courtesy Paul Sacher Stiftung).

Recordings (7)

Hard Core
Urtext Records JBCC 281 (2018)
ÓNIX Ensamble
Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective
Nonesuch 510893-2 (2009)
Paul Jacobs, piano | Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano | Gilbert Kalish, piano | New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor | Joel Krosnick, cello | The Composers Quartet (+21)
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne plays Elliott Carter
ATMA Classique (2002)
Caroline Lizotte, clarinet | Nouvel Ensemble Moderne | Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Ensemble Contrechamps: Elliott Carter
Accord 206842 (1998)
Heinz Holliger, English horn | Félix Renggli, flute; Daniel Haefliger, cello; Sébastien Risler, piano; Ensemble Contrechamps: René Meyer, clarinet; François Volpé, percussion (+1)
Thomas Demenga: J.S. Bach; Elliott Carter
ECM New Series 1391 (839 617-2) (1986)
Philippe Racine, flute | Ernesto Molinari, clarinet | Thomas Demenga, cello | Philippe Racine, flute | Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin | Philippe Racine, flute | Ernesto Molinari, clarinet (+3)
Elliott Carter: In Sleep, In Thunder; Triple Duo
Nonesuch 79110 (1986)
The Fires of London: Philippa Davies, flute; David Campbell, clarinet; Stephen Pruslin, piano; Gregory Knowles, percussion; Rosemary Furniss, violin; Jonathan Williams, cello (+3)
Elliott Carter: In Sleep, In Thunder; Triple Duo
Wergo WER 60124 (1985)
Martyn Hill, tenor | London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, conductor | The Fires of London: Philippa Davies, flute; David Campbell, clarinet; Stephen Pruslin, piano (+3)