Not only does this book contain music written for Carnegie Hall, it includes a biography on each of the composers and a CD of Ursula Oppens performing each selection.

Contents: Two Diversions (Carter) • The Days Fly By (Rzewski) • On an Unwritten Letter (Harbison) • Ba Ban (Yi) • Zwiesprache (Rihm) • Image de Moreau (Andriessen) • The Old Order Changeth (Babbitt) • Dew-Fall-Drops (Dun) • Lament (Zwilich) • John Brown and Blue (Hannibal).