Steve Schwartz wrote:

> Europe and Canada celebrated his birthday with lots of concerts, but not
> his own country, which tells me all I need to know about the precarious
> health of the American classical-music public.

I don't know about other parts of the US, but Carter's birthday was
observed in Boston by the BSO with the premiere his Interventions for
Piano & Orchestra, with Daniel Barenboim as soloist and James Levine
conducting.  The concert was repeated at Carnegie Hall with Carter in
attendance -- I believe on his 100th birthday.  I also recall that his
100th birthday made the front page of the New York Times.

Joan Boorstein

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