Two premieres and more at Oxford Lieder Festival

The Oxford Lieder Festival have announced their 2021 programme, and I have four pieces programmed, having been the ‘Albi Rosenthal Visiting Fellow in Music’ at Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries.

On 18 October, soprano Anna Dennis and pianist John Reid are premiering Wholesome Counsels, a new piece that sets texts I’ve made out of material in the Bodleian Library’s John Johnson collection of ‘Ephemera’ – pamphlets from ointment manufacturers, lyric sheets for music hall stars, and war-time essays by Harry Lauder.

Later that evening, Adam Swayne will give his third performance of my Inventions (for Heath Robinson), and the premiere of the complete Gymnopédies for solo piano.

The next day, on the 19 October, the Hermes Experiment are giving their third performance of I Find Planets in a late-night concert.