Prince Consort Ned Rorem - On an echoing road CKD 342 (Linn Records) Takes its place among the best Rorem song disks ever assembled...purchase absolutely required! -Audiophile Audition Andrew Clements's November 19 2009 Review   read more> www.classicalsource.com - "...revelatory, devotedly sung and played, and altogether special." read more>> BBC Radio 3 - "...such a delight" more>>
	Ned Rorem's 1968 opera Bertha, Hamburg Germany, February 2010 Visit New Hope Opera for pictures.
	The Three Piano Sonatas Piano Works Vol 2 Thomas Lanners, piano Read more>
	Eight Visions A New Anthology for Flute and Piano; Marya Martin, flute includes NR's "Four Prayers" Read more>
Susan Graham, photo by Dario Acosta	Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Carnegie Hall Monday, May 11, 2009 8:00 P.M. Haydn Symphony No. 26 Ned Rorem 11 Songs For Susan Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte Stravinsky Danses Concertantes Orpheus concludes its season with a celebration of great orchestrators, including Haydn, whose expanded instrumentation added rich colors and textures to his orchestrations. Three 20th century geniuses, Ravel, Stravinsky and Ned Rorem, took the idea of orchestral color to new heights in their work. Now Ned Rorem enhances his legacy, adding new songs to his repertoire and orchestrating this collection for the first time, especially for Orpheus and the glorious Susan Graham, long considered to be a premiere interpreter of his work. "Ned Rorem is the godfather of American song, with thoughtful melodies that go straight to the heart. I'm thrilled that Orpheus has commissioned orchestrated versions so that we can revisit these jewels in a new way." -Susan Graham
	Ned Rorem at 85 Chamber Music magazine, December 2008 Read the Article>
	Lions (A Dream) for jazz quartet and symphony Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone; Branford Marsalis Quartet/ North Carolina Symphony Read more>
	Living Legends NR in Muso magazine, UK Read >
	10.24.2008 - A Ned Rorem Celebration works for violin, cello and piano Roger Zahab, violin; David Russell, cello; Robert Frankenberry, piano Three Slow Pieces (1978) for cello and piano Autumn Music (1996/97) for violin and piano Spring Music (1990) for violin, cello, and piano Read More>
	5/5/2008 - NR Awarded 'Letter of Distinction' by the American Music Center Chelsea Art Museum, (c) NYvisual.com
	Our Town, New York City Premiere Pictured are Anne Manson, conductor, J.D. McClatchey, NR, cast members Alex Shrader, Jennifer Zetlan, and Alex Mansoori. Photo by Peter Schaaf Musical America: ''A New Opera Destined to Survive ... Juilliard's production ideally catches the deceptive simplicity of the piece. Edward Berkeley's direction is an artfully realized blend of imagined ritual and down-home realism, exactly right for this understated drama and perfectly complemented by the distantly remembered aura of small-town New England conjured up by John Kasarda's austere sets. The pin-point clarity and expressive power of Jennifer Zetlan's shining soprano made her a particularly appealing Emily and a vocal talent to watch, while Alek Shrader's evenly produced tenor and disarming presence suited George Gibbs, Emily's childhood sweetheart, to the ground.'' more>
	New York City Premiere of documentary film Ned Rorem: Word and Music For more information contact directors James Dowell and John Kolomvakis at www.sleepinanestofflames.com 'In the act of stealing, the artist is so guilty that he tries to cover his tracks. The act of covering his tracks is the act of creation.' That barbed description of the artistic process is one of many pungent apercus offered by the composer and author Ned Rorem in James Dowell and John Kolomvakis's seldom-seen 2005 documentary of his life and times, ''NED ROREM: WORD AND MUSIC.'' A screening of the film will take place on Saturday at 5:15 p.m. at the Walter Reade Theater, to coincide with the New York premiere performances of Mr. Rorem's opera ''Our Town'' at the Juilliard School. more> - Stephen Holden, New York Times
	Naxos Releases World premiere Recording of Ned Rorem's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Cello Concerto This sixth disc of Rorem's music on Naxos' American Classics Series features conductor Jose Serebrier leading the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, pianist Simon Mulligan, and cellist Wenn-Sinn Yang. Amazon.com pick for 2007 top 25 classical music CDs more>
	Lorena Feijoo and Davit Karapetyan dance in S.F. Ballet's premiere of Helgi Tomasson's On Common Ground. Music by Ned Rorem. more>
	Classic Ned Rorem song LP reissued on Other Minds label In January 1964, one of the greatest recorded collections of American art songs ever issued appeared on Columbia Records. Songs of Ned Rorem, with the composer-pianist accompanying some of the best soloists of the day (Phyllis Curtin, Charles Bressler, Gianna d'Angelo, Donald Gramm, and Regina Sarfaty), catapulted the composer into the national spotlight. The poem settings ranged from Robert Herrick and Ben Jonson to Theodore Roethke and Elizabeth Bishop, and the cover (which OM has reproduced for the reissue) featured an extraordinary line drawing of Rorem by Jean Cocteau, printed in electric orange on a stark black background next to a photograph of the composer. Other Minds, in cooperation with Sony BMG, announces the first-ever appearance on CD of the complete collection, to be released on September 8, 2006. For a limited time, OM is offering a pre-release discounted price of $13.50 (reg. $15) for MindAlert readers who reserve a copy in advance. Don't miss this essential piece of American music history. Order today Ode to Gravity: Interview with Ned Rorem (1987) Ned Rorem reflects on his work and being an American composer in this re-broadcast of an Ode to Gravity program from November 16, 1987. Interviewers Charles Amirkhanian and Charlotte Observer critic and singer Fleur Paysour refer to Rorem's writings in The Nantucket Diary and The Paris Diary to discuss various topics, from setting poems and the decline of the art song to gender and race politics in music. Rorem gives his opinion of a number of 20th century poets and composers, and registers his distaste for "specialization" in American composition. He also shares anecdotes about his creative process. Listen free
	Tanglewood Ballet set to NR's Violin Concerto The Royal Ballet November, December 2005, London June 20,21 2006, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. Choreographer Alastair Marriott "Tanglewood burst upon the space with breathtaking assurance" --Louise Levere/Sunday Telegraph
	Ned Rorem at Home - featured rider interview on NewMusicBox.org at the American Music Center website.
	The new Naxos CD of Ned Rorem's Flute and Violin Concertos, featuring Philadelphia Orchestra flutist Khaner, violinist Philippe Quint, conductor José Serebrier, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has received excellent critical response: "All the wit found in earlier works is here (the flute Concerto), but put to more serious purpose. Rorem, in his 80th year (is) exploring new territory with more invention than ever before. Flutist Khaner has the authority of one who both knows the territory well and is happy to maintain elements of mystery." --David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer "A classic album. Satisfying and beautiful music that has about it a rippling current of vitality." --Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International "I got taken in by the snake-like beauty of this intoxicating piece ... Truly something of a masterpiece" --Daniel Felsenfeld, URGE Classical lnformer more>>>
(Photo courtesy of Indiana University)	(2006) NR at World Primiere of Our Town at Indiana University.
	(1/12/04) Ned, with Susan Graham, at the French Embassy. French Cultural Counselor Jean-Ren' Gehan presented Ned Rorem with the medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
	(12/9/03) Ned, with George Weiss and Lee Adams, having just received ASCAP's Lifetime Achievement Award at Lincoln Center.
	(12/4/03) Backstage at the Philadelphia Orchestra, following the premiere of Ned's Flute Concerto, 4-6 December 2003. (l. to r.) Conductor Roberto Abbado, Ned, and soloist Jeffrey Khaner.
	Susan Graham's CD of Ned's songs continues to perform well in stores. Click here to buy it online.
	Rorem: Selected Songs Ned Rorem - piano, Eleanor Buchan - reader, Carole Farley, soprano Click here to buy it online.

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