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Article: Clarinet concerto captures the ears.
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- The Boston Herald
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- August 11, 1998
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Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood, Lenox, Saturday.
Although four composers were honored at this year's Festival of Contemporary Music, the most anticipated new piece was Elliott Carter's Clarinet Concerto.
Nearly 90, Carter has been astonishingly prolific in recent years. He has written a fifth string quartet as well as concertos, and several orchestral pieces. He is at work on his first opera, "What's Next?"
The Clarinet Concerto was performed on Saturday afternoon by Thomas Martin, the Boston Symphony assistant principal clarinet, and an ensemble of Tanglewood Music Center students.
Carter's music has often been compared ...