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