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Composer of the Week: Ned Rorem (born 1923)

BBC Radio 3
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The prolific American composer Ned Rorem celebrates his 80th birthday this week. Donald Macleod introduces his music and talks to Rorem, also an eloquent writer and a gay icon, about a life spent in the company of artists, including Cocteau, Sartre and Billie Holliday.

Early in the Morning - Susan Graham (mezzo), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

The Lordly Hudson - Nathan Gunn (baritone), Kevin Murphy (piano)

Air Music - Louisville Orchestra, conductor Peter Leonard

Their Lonely Betters; His Beauty Sparkles; Boy with a Baseball Glove (Evidence of Things Not Seen) - Monique McDonald (soprano), Rufus Muller (tenor), Steven Blier (piano)

(Repeated Sunday 12 midnight)

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Subject:
Ned Rorem
Producer:
Lyndon Jones
Source: Radio Times

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