"The Imaginary Photo Album" premiere October 25, 2020 and BBC interview

The Imaginary Photo Album is a song cycle about childhood co-commissioned by the BBC and The Royal Philharmonic Society for BBC New Generation Artist soprano Katharina Konradi. There are four songs, setting the poetry of A.E. Stallings, Eugene Field and Joyce Sutphen.

The premiere will take place at Wigmore Hall in London on October 25, 2020 at 3:30 pm EST — with Konradi accompanied by pianist Joseph Middleton. The event will be livestreamed here — and can be accessed for a month after. 

On November 4, 2020 at 7:30 pm EST, BBC Radio will broadcast the concert, including Lori's interview with Ian Skelly. This too will be accessible for a month following.

Hope you can tune in!

BBC/Royal Philharmonic Society co-commission to premiere at Cheltenham Festival July 10th

The BBC and The Royal Philharmonic Society co-commissioned a song cycle for BBC New Generation artist, soprano Katharina Konradi. The cycle is about childhood, and I set 4 poems to music — 2 by MacArthur "Genius" A.E. Stallings, 1 by Eugene Field and 1 by Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen. The cycle's title is taken from Joyce's poem: The Imaginary Photo Album. The work was composed between October 2019 and February 2020.

The premiere is set for July 10, 2020 at the Cheltenham Music Festival in Cheltenham, England; with a repeat performance scheduled for October 25, 2020 at Wigmore Hall in London.