Ned Rorem: Evidence of Things Not Seen: Thirty-six songs for Four Solo Voices and Piano

Evidence of Things Not Seen, was featured in a west-coast premiere at Other Minds Festival 9 in 2003.  *Other Minds has a limited number of copies of Rorem's score, that we're able to offer, along with our CD Songs of Ned Rorem, for a special 50% off price of $30. Select "Rorem Special" when adding the item to your cart. * Evidence of Things Not Seen is a cycle of 36 songs for four solo voices with piano, is divided into three sections — Beginnings, Middles and Ends. The texts are drawn from a diverse collection of 24 authors ranging from William Penn, Whitman, Baudelaire, Colette, and Langston Hughes to contemporary poets Mark Doty and Paul Monnette. In his own words, "The order of the songs relies on subject matter. The opening group, Beginnings, is just that — songs about moving forward, and the wistful optimism of love, with a concluding hymn-text from the eighteenth century to be sung by a congregation in the morning. The second group, Middles, about coming of age, horror of war