{"product_id":"higginson-auchterlonie-viale-scenes-messages","title":"Higginson \/ Auchterlonie \/ Viale- Scenes \u0026 Messages (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGary Higginson has spent a life writing music for a wide range of formations, ages and abilities. Much of his work explores two great loves: nature and English literature, especially Shakespeare. Accordingly, this release presents a sequence of songs, instrumental works and a substantial cantata. This is music that is always communicative, characterful and accessible. He was born in West Bromwich which, although then semi-rural, also forms part of the industrial Black Country. His first musical experience, listening to his father's constant singing at home, led him to joining the local church choir at the age of seven, the next year beginning piano lessons with the choirmaster. The constant presence of the church and it's music has been a strong influence on him ever since and led to singing in an early performance of Britten's War Requiem. His first attempt at composition was made when he was eleven and he has not stopped for more than fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Pieces, Op. 62: No. 1, Landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Pieces, Op. 62: No. 2, Sweet Song Of The Summer Woods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessages Of Hope, Op. 87: I. Entry Into Stanford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessages Of Hope, Op. 87: II. Homes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessages Of Hope, Op. 87: III. Visiting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessages Of Hope, Op. 87: IV. The Railway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessages Of Hope, Op. 87: V. Death At Scutari\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessages Of Hope, Op. 87: VI. Death In Stanford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMessages Of Hope, Op. 87: VII. Epilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Ben Jonson Songs, Op. 126b: No. 1, Come My Celia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Ben Jonson Songs, Op. 126b: No. 2, Slow, Slow Fresh Fount\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Ben Jonson Songs, Op. 126b: No. 3, That Women Are But Men\u0026amp;#39;s Shadows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: I. Bottom\u0026amp;#39;s Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: II. Beatrice And Benedict\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: III. Battle Of Bosworth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: IV. Sir Toby - Sir Andrew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Most I Wink, Op. 147\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: V. Prince Hal - Falstaff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: VI. Hamlet Meets Ghost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: VII. The Statue Awakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScenes From Shakespeare, Op. 164: VIII. The Witches\u0026amp;#39; Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Shakespeare Duets, Op. 167: No. 1, Blow, Blow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Shakespeare Duets, Op. 167: No. 2, Lawn As White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Shakespeare Duets, Op. 167: No. 3, It Was A Lover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Pieces, Op. 62: No. 2, Sweet Song Of The Summer Woods (Reprise With Birdsong)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46983544176861,"sku":"8033776712091","price":146.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/NDUtNTk3My5qcGVn.jpg?v=1769894300","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/products\/higginson-auchterlonie-viale-scenes-messages","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}