The imaginary photo album : four songs for soprano and piano / music by Lori Laitman ; poems by A.E. Stallings, Eugene Field, and Joyce Sutphen.
| Author/creator | Laitman, Lori, 1955- composer. |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | [Potomac, MD?] : Enchanted Knickers Music, 2020. |
| Description | 1 score (31 pages) ; 31 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Stallings, A. E. (Alicia Elsbeth), 1968- author. |
| Other author/creator | Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, author. |
| Other author/creator | Sutphen, Joyce, author. |
| Other author/creator | Konradi, Katharina, dedicatee. |
| Other author/creator | BBC Radio 3 commissioning body. |
| Other author/creator | Royal Philharmonic Society, commissioning body. |
| Portion of title | Four songs for soprano and piano |
| Variant title | 4 songs for soprano and piano |
| Contents | Ultrasound / [text by] A. E. Stallings -- Little blue pigeon / [text by] Eugene Field -- Listening to Peter and the Wolf with Jason, aged three / [text by] A.E. Stallings -- The imaginary photo album / [text by] Joyce Sutphen. |
| Abstract | This song cycle is a set of poems by A.E. Stallings, Eugene Field, and Joyce Stephen. The poems provide glimpses of childhood from a mother's point of view--starting with the excitement and wonder at viewing the very first ultrasound; continuing with the sweet sounds of an infant's lullaby; the expressions of wonder, thrill and fear of a toddler as he listens to Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf;" and finally, to wistful memories brought back to life by old photographs. |
| General note | Song cycle; the 2nd work for unaccompanied voice. |
| General note | Composed for BBC New Generation Artist Katharina Konradi; co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the Royal Philharmonic Society. |
| General note | Program, performance, and biographical notes in English. |
| Language | English words, also printed as text preceding score. |
| Publisher number | CVR5281 Enchanted Knickers Music |