James Holmes et al. in martha's vineyard - 28 July, 1989

from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, page 173:

We listen to Wuorinen's Piano Concerto, over-long and non-reflective, aggresive, even mean. But it's something. After the clattering first movement JH says, "It's music that says: 'No one's going to call me a fairy.'"

cite as

Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 173. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437555197444 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: martha's vineyard

Listeners

James Holmes
Organist, choir conductor, Kapellmeister
1939-1999
Ned Rorem
Critic, essayist, Composer, Diarist […]
1923-

Listening to

hide composers
Piano Concerto
written by Charles Wuorinen

Experience Information

Date/Time 28 July, 1989
Medium playback
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:53:17 +0100
Approved on Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:17:55 +0000