Bodleian Library/Oxford Lieder commission
I've been made the 'Albi Rosenthal Visiting Fellow in Music' at Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries. I'll be writing a work for voice & piano for soprano Anna Dennis, inspired by materials in the library, for the Oxford Lieder Festival in October 2021. I'm particularly interested in the library's collection of 'ephemera' – old adverts, leaflets, notices, children's games etc. I'll be...