James Holmes et al. in New York - mid February, 1982
from The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, page 346:
Since the last entry there have transpired four public performances of Winter Pages: the tryout on Saturday at six in Soho, during which I introduced the piece to a large crowd sitting on the floor... the premiere Sunday at five... the second performance Monday... and last night, when I attended with Ellen Adler and JH... The thirteen movements take close to forty minutes and are accompanied by my program note, which is almost as long but fairly clever, describing my work as a memoir... The critics naturally grabbed these straws, and flailed around them to confect their generally … more >>
Ned Rorem, The Nantucket Diary of Ned Rorem 1973-1985, volume 2 (San Francisco, 1987), p. 346. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435319762579 accessed: 30 October, 2024
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Winter Pages
written by Ned Rorem |
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Date/Time | mid February, 1982 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |