Ned Rorem in New York - 11 December, 1983
from The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, page 436:
Manuel is here to conduct Poulenc's Carmélites, which he does luminously. His secret, he says, is that he treats the orchestra members as individual virtuosos. Actually, he's better, indefinably, than they. He makes the score shine. I complain of Poulenc's orchestration, especially go his thickening the Ave Maria with useless timpani strokes.
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Ned Rorem, The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, volume 2 (San Francisco, 1987), p. 436. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435755355238 accessed: 19 April, 2024
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Dialogues des Carmélites
written by Francis Poulenc |
performed by Manuel Rosenthal |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 11 December, 1983 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:55:55 +0100
Approved on Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:25:09 +0000