Ned Rorem in Philadelphia - between 1956 and 1957

from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, pages 26-27:

It would have been in 1956 or 1957, the first time Ormandy ever played a piece of mine - Eagles, or was it Design? - in the Philadelphia Academy, and I was elated. Since I was to take my bow from the stage, the manager asked of I'd mind hearing the piece from the wings, offered me a dressing room to wait in, and left.

cite as

Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 26-27. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436310177236 accessed: 5 November, 2024

location of experience: Philadelphia

Listeners

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

Listening to

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music by Ned Rorem
written by Ned Rorem
performed by Eugene Ormandy

Experience Information

Date/Time between 1956 and 1957
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:02:58 +0100
Approved on Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:38:25 +0000