An unusual recording this one. At the end of 2023 I had received a mail from Laurie Christman asking if I could imagine making a recording with the London Symphony Orchestra of her compositions. She told me she is a 70 year old nurse in Californian hospice with no formal compositional training, and she had saved up for several years to have her compositions recorded. I was very sceptical, but she had included two demo tracks which impressed me. I agreed and we were fortunate that Robert Ziegler accepted to conduct, having looked at the scores. Unusually, the orchestra applauded after the first run through of the first number and we were all very happy with the results. The album is due to appear in 2025.