He wrote one of the great 80s MOR hits with The Way It Is. But now Bruce Hornsby specialises in the sweet spot where experimental meets accessible
January 2018
Celebrating Elliott Carter review – BCMG make the late composer's music glitter
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s debut with the ensemble was wonderfully supple in an exuberant programme of late works
August 2017
Elliott Carter: Late Works CD review – constant surprises and explosive energy
Oliver Knussen conducts a fitting tribute to the US composer who stayed restlessly creative into his 100th year and beyond
October 2016
Fiona Maddocks: music to carry you through
In her new book, Music for Life, the Observer’s classical music critic selects 100 works to last a lifetime
September 2015
Tom Service on classical music
Music to give you nightmares – 10 of the best
Radio 3 are broadcasting Max Richter’s eight-hour lullaby Sleep on Saturday night, live from the Wellcome Collection. Here, by contrast, are 10 works that certainly won’t give you sweet dreams
May 2014
Elliott Carter: A Celebration review – an affectionate, expressive tribute
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's retrospective brings out the best of the great American composer, writes Kate Molleson
April 2014
50 greatest symphonies
Symphony guide: Elliott Carter's Symphonia
Not only is Carter's Symphonia the largest orchestral work he ever composed - shortly before he turned 90 - but it's also one of the most significant symphonies of the late 20th century
March 2014
L'Ormindo; Nash Ensemble; Belcea Quartet – review
Carter: The Five String Quartets review – 'Sometimes tense'
The era of American music that began with Charles Ives and ended with the death of Elliott Carter was the focus of Oliver Knussen's latest appearance with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, says Andrew Clements
Elliott Carter remembered: 'Music seemed to erupt from his very being'
Elliott Carter, the great American composer, has died at the age of 103. Daniel Barenboim, Harrison Birtwistle and other musicians pay tribute to a master who wrote right to the end
Elliott Carter obituary
American master of musical modernism
Elliott Carter, classical composer, dies aged 103
Pulitzer prize winning composer whose complicated works earned him widespread recognition dies in New York
April 2012
A guide to contemporary classical music
A guide to Elliott Carter's music
In the first of our new series about contemporary music, Tom Service looks at Elliott Carter
December 2011
Tom Service on classical music
Happy birthday, Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter celebrated his 103rd birthday last weekend. Not with a retrospective, but with the premieres of three new pieces. Happy birthday, Elliott
June 2009
Carter/Benjamin premieres
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Even in his 101st year, Elliott Carter's creativity shows no sign of tapering off, says Andrew Clements
February 2009
Classical review: Elliott Carter, A Nonesuch Retrospective, and others
Andrew Clements reviews a haul of Elliott Carter recordings
December 2008
Two masters, two centenaries
As the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter was being marked, a Messiaen tribute thrilled Fiona Maddocks
