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Program # 112. Janet Lauren, soprano; Leslie Oaks, flutist; Ellen Greenberg, violinist; Announcer presents brief biography of the 21-year-old Rorem. Performance of suite of three pieces entitled Hades, Noon, Spring; Four hand sonata for piano (composed in 1943) performed by Betty Crawford and Ned Rorem; Arioso (composed in 1944); My Love Is a Bird performed by Janet Lauren, soprano and Ned Rorem, piano.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 8525
Municipal archives id: LT2101
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