After Conrad Tao played the Ravel piano concerto at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he stripped off his shirt, and in his black t-shirt, played Elliott Carter's 2006 "Catenaires," yelling to the audience that Carter had composed it when he was 98.
This link is to Pierre-Laurent Aimard, but Tao's edgy runthrough showed the progression from Ravel's wild virtuosity. It was short and smart, and the audience loved it.
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