James Holmes et al. in New York - 6 September, 1986

from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, page 31:

Last night JH came back to life as we played a new recording of his beloved Messiaen (an English organist, Jennifer Dunn, rather butch and rife with conviction, in the Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité).

cite as

Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 31. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436310542113 accessed: 10 December, 2024

location of experience: New York

Listeners

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

Listening to

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Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité
written by Olivier Messiaen
performed by Jennifer Dunn

Experience Information

Date/Time 6 September, 1986
Medium playback
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:09:02 +0100
Approved on Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:40:57 +0000