{"product_id":"hough-orford-london-choral-sinfonia-music-of-stephen-hough","title":"London Choral Sinfonia: Music of Stephen Hough - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMusic of Stephen Hough\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon Choral Sinfonia\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eOrchid Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5060189562565\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2023-09-15\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths; Sir Stephen Hough combines a worldwide career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. \"My father said that I had memorised seventy nursery rhymes by the age of two. This sounds suspiciously like parental exaggeration to me; but I do know that such singing was my first form of musical expression; especially as we had no classical music in my childhood home. Then; by the age of six; the piano took over... but song remained in the background. \"My first twenty years were filled with composing. Then followed almost twenty years of blank paper; writing virtually nothing except concert transcriptions for me to use as encores. Until; in my early 40s; I returned to composition with a passion...\" This release celebrates Hough's compositional output in works for choir and organ performed by the London Choral Sinfonia; with organist James Orford and conductor Michael Waldron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"London Choral Sinfonia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40625836982343,"sku":"43695201","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4237964-3141934_8874a903-c008-404b-badf-074149b1a147.jpg?v=1769601119","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/hough-orford-london-choral-sinfonia-music-of-stephen-hough","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}