Ned Rorem in Paris - between in the beginning of 1952 and in the middle of 1952

from The Paris Diary: Paris 1952, page 94:

... Later went to Julius' to hear him do my sonata before he records it for Decca next week. I don't like the work much anymore and would not have the nerve to write it today. But Henri found it "très bien, qu’elle coulait comme un chapelet entre les doigts."
cite as

Ned Rorem, The Paris Diary: Paris 1952. In The Paris Diary and The New York Diary 1951-1961 (New York, 1998), p. 94. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1398015705107 accessed: 13 October, 2024

location of experience: Paris

Listeners

Ned Rorem
Critic, essayist, Composer, Diarist […]
1923-

Listening to

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Piano Sonata no. 2
written by Ned Rorem
performed by Julius Katchen

Experience Information

Date/Time between in the beginning of 1952 and in the middle of 1952
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Notes

Translation from French: 'OK, it flowed like rosary beads between the fingers'.


Originally submitted by iepearson on Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:41:45 +0100