Gretchen Ehrenberg wrote:
>Is it just me? I don't "get" Ned Rorem. I tried so hard to like the
>organ pieces and some of the songs, but I just find myself at a loss.
>If there is a recommendation for a Rorem skeptic, please offer it.
You're not alone Gretchen. I have a hard time with Rorem too. I
sometimes think that his reputation rests more on his insufferable diaries
than his music. At any rate, there is one piece that I find very moving,
and that is the War Scenes, written as a Viet Nam protest and performed
splendidly by the late Donald Gramm.
Kevin Sutton