Hiyoku for two clarinets by Elliott Carter. Hendon Music/Boosey & Hawkes, 2001. Printed in score format on four somewhat oversized pages. The composer wrote, "Hiyoku was written for the clarinetists Ayako [Oshima] and Charles Neidich, whose performances were so outstanding that I chose to write this piece in the fall of 2001 for them. I asked Ayako to suggest a title and she explained it: 'a very special poetic word originally used by the ancient Chinese poet, Bai Juyi, and adopted by old Japanese authors, meaning two birds flying together with the connotation of eternal love.'" An advanced work. (C0668)