DESCRIPTION:
In October 1979, Elliott Carter visited the State University of New York at Buffalo for a concert of four of his works, including the "Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano" (1961). A film of the visit was made by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. During the visit, Feldman, who was Professor of Composition in the Music Department at the time, invited Carter, the pianist Ursula Oppens and the other guest musicians to a dinner party at his apartment. Filming went on at the party and a short fragment of conversation between Feldman, Carter and Oppens is included in the final film. This is the only sequence in which Feldman appears in the film, which primarily focuses on Carter and the rehearsal and performance of his pieces. A transcript of Feldman’s exchange with Carter is given below. Feldman had just completed his first “hour and a half piece”, his “String Quartet” (1979), completed in September and premiered the following May.

Source + transcript: http://www.cnvill.net/mfcarter_at_buffalo.pdf