Birthday bash.Fans of gay composer Ned Rorem had an opportunity to wish him a happy 75th birthday in December, when New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's 92nd Street Y began a three-part "performance and conversation" series titled "Ned Rorem Hosts." The first part in that series featured fellow gay composer John Corigliano John Corigliano (b. February 16, 1938) is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. Biography Corigliano was born in New York City to a musical family. His father, John Corigliano, Sr. , who was celebrating his 60th birthday. The second installment takes place February 18. Titled "Ned Rorem 75th Birthday Celebration," the program includes performances of Rorem's Quartet No. 3; The Auden Poems; and Spring Music, performed by tenor Jerry Hadley Jerry Hadley (June 16 1952 – July 18 2007) was an American operatic tenor, who was a protegé of famous soprano Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge. , pianist Diane Walsh, and the Mendelssohn Quartet as well as Rorem, himself, on piano. The third and final part of the series concludes on April 25 with the "Andre Previn 70th Birthday Celebration." On a sadder note, Rorem's long-time companion, organist James Holmes James Holmes is a leading Java Web development authority. He is a committer on the Struts project, and the creator of the most popular Struts development tool, Struts Console. , died of cancer January 9. Walters is a pop-music critic for The Advocate. |
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