FULL Evidence of Things Not Seen (Ned Rorem) Annandale-On-Hudson 2024 Taylor Wallace, Mara Zaki, Rufus Müller, CLAC
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Evidence of Things Not Seen
- Composer: Rorem Ned
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: LASZLO Z. BITO '60 CONSERVATORY BUILDING, Bard College and Conservatory, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York
- Recorded: May 13, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Taylor Wallace, Mara Zaki, Rufus Müller, CLAC, Grace Trenouth, Leila Stallone, Ryan Michki, Garrick Neuner, Anthony D'Amore, Adriana Rivera, Maggie Yang
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Yi Hsuan Hsia
- Stage Director: Rufus Müller
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Taylor Garrett Wallace
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Rorem wrote the large-scale song cycle Evidence of Things Not Seen, described as his “masterwork” by Daniel Lewis in the Times.
A deeply personal work, the composition included settings of 36 texts by 24 poets, split into three larger sections:
“Beginnings” for optimistic and forward-looking songs,
“Middles” exploring coming of age and the devastation of war, as well as the final
“Ends” that concerns death, particularly Rorem’s friends killed by AIDS.
With an hour and a half duration, it called for a soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone with piano accompaniment. The music critic Peter G. Davis called it “one of the musically richest, most exquisitely fashioned, most voice-friendly collections of songs”, while Rorem himself lauded it as his best work.
Quoted from Wikipedia