The list of composers across the centuries who’ve embraced alternative notions of sexuality is staggering: Franz Schubert , Aaron Copland , Jennifer Higdon , Samuel Barber , Lou Harrison , Pauline Oliveros , Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Leonard Bernstein , Benjamin Britten, Ned Rorem and many, many mo ...
Composer Ned Rorem Orpheus concludes its season with a celebration of great orchestrators, including Haydn, whose expanded instrumentation added rich colors and textures to his orchestrations. Three 20th century geniuses, Ravel, Stravinsky and Ned Rorem, took the idea of orchestral color to new heig ...
Is Plath a major poet? That’s the question Annie Finch asks over at Harriet, the Poetry Foundation blog. In a nutshell: No, she lacks the range which defines a major contemporary poet. Unlike Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, Plath never quite escaped the grip of New England necessary to transcend ...
Due to the generosity of Orpheus trustee Simon Yates and his partner Kevin Roon, Orpheus will launch this program April 11 at 11am. You’ll get an inside look at composer Ned Rorem and his 11 Songs for Susan. These songs will premiere at Orpheus’ May 11th concert at Carnegie Hall. You’ll be able to s ...
Somewhere along the line I got hold of American composer Ned Rorem's autobiographical book, "Knowing When to Stop," which covers his life to age 28 (in 1951), and essentially chronicles a life that was the opposite of the title. He knew he was gay early on and apparently was quite a flamer, living i ...
Elliott Carter turns 100 in December, but Ned Rorem passed his own milestone - his 85th birthday. Courtesy of Arts Journal comes a nice piece in the South Florida Classical Review. Not that all modern styles are to his personal taste. “I don’t rush out to hear Elliott Carter. I don’t know what other ...
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