It's a Snape hat-trick

Elliott Carter is a superb composer - getting better and better - and he is 101 years old.
From today's Guardian guide to the Aldeburgh Festival. Elliott Carter was, of course, born on 11 December, 1908. Did I mention the author of the piece is Charlotte Higgins?

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