Songstruck

Songstruck, a Lyric Fest podcast exploring the creation, interpretation, and music behind our commissioned works and the new works we present.

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Episodes

Tuesday Oct 29, 2024

Composer Jasmine Barnes and curator and soprano Karen Slack revisit the powerful song, Taking Names, written as a reflection on the murder of Breonna Taylor, as well as the plague of violent deaths of many Black women.

Sunday Sep 29, 2024

Internationally renowned composer Daron Hagen discusses his epic meditation on the life cycle of a song writer, The Art of Song. 
 
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Thursday Aug 29, 2024

The gifted composer Karl Hinze talks about writing comedy into art song, along with the intersection of music for the stage versus the concert hall.
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Thursday Jul 11, 2024

Composer, activist, and amateur archaeologist Melissa Dunphy delves into the multiple faces of Walt Whitman in her stirring song, Come, my tan-faced children.
Commissioned by Lyric Fest in 2019, the featured performance of the premiere includes mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, Laura Ward, piano, Min-Young Kim, violin, and Tim Ressler, double bass.
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Friday Jun 14, 2024

World-renowned composer Jennifer Higdon shares stories of growing up in the Smoky Mountains and dives into the folksong inspiration behind Little River Songs.
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Friday May 10, 2024

Songstruck, a Lyric Fest podcast exploring the creation, interpretation, and music behind the expanding American classical song canon.
 
Episode 2: Lenoriana
Join composer Benjamin C.S. Boyle and Lyric Fest Artistic co-Director Laura Ward for a fascinating conversation about the origins of Lenoriana, which sets the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe.

Monday Apr 01, 2024

Songstruck, a Lyric Fest podcast exploring the creation, interpretation, and music behind the expanding American classical song canon.
 
Episode 1: Deadmall Ballads
Explore the hilarious and poignant Deadmall Ballads with composer Peter Hilliard, librettist Matt Boresi, and soprano Jennifer Aylmer. 

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About Lyric Fest

Philadelphia's Art Song Concert Series

Designed for the aficionado and novice alike, Lyric Fest is a unique musical offering in the city of Philadelphia. Equally noted for scholarship and entertainment, Lyric Fest presents artists of national and international stature, heard here in the intimate setting of song. Experience what critics have called “an irresistible mix of high art and humane feeling…as entertaining as a well managed party.”

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