In honor of American composer Ned Rorem's upcoming 94th birthday on October 23, spend seven minutes with the very opinionated Mr. R. This piece was originally made for Studio 360 as part of a Fishko Files-curated series on living composers' connections to music history. (Produced in 2006)

To explore further, listen to "An Hour with Ned Rorem" featuring Rorem and Fishko in conversation in 2002.