Ned Rorem in New York City - 26 November, 1989
from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, page 181:
An hour or two with Phyllis going through songs, Mahler and early Debussy and Poulenc. Her continual anxiety and apologies for her frayed voice. The songs she chose of VT's are about the only right thing for her to come out of retirement for... I felt tears rise... She sounded, not too long ago, so beautiful...
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Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 181. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437559249055 accessed: 20 September, 2024
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music by Thomson
written by Virgil Thomson |
performed by Ned Rorem, Phyllis Curtin |
music by Poulenc
written by Francis Poulenc |
performed by Ned Rorem, Phyllis Curtin |
music by Debussy
written by Claude Debussy |
performed by Ned Rorem, Phyllis Curtin |
Music by Mahler
written by Gustav Mahler |
performed by Ned Rorem, Phyllis Curtin |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 26 November, 1989 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:00:49 +0100
Approved on Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:26:05 +0000