Ned Rorem in Trinity Church (Manhattan) - 26 April, 1974

from The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, page 68:

At Trinity Church, premiere of my Three Motets for organ and chorus, on poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. How can a composer best describe his own music? By playing it.

cite as

Ned Rorem, The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, volume 2 (San Francisco, 1987), p. 68. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433369892489 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Trinity Church (Manhattan)

Listeners

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

Listening to

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Three Motets
written by Ned Rorem

Experience Information

Date/Time 26 April, 1974
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:18:12 +0100
Approved on Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:19:48 +0000