{"product_id":"christopher-wood-requiem","title":"Christopher Wood: Requiem","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work by self-proclaimed ''non-composer'' Christopher Wood pays homage to the enormous grief felt around the UK following the passing of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2002. A former cancer surgeon who now develops life-saving cancer drugs, Christopher Wood is a pharmaceutical entrepreneur who had, until 2002, never composed a note of music. But when the Queen Mother passed away, Wood was moved by the thousands of people who queued for hours to pay their respects, and felt a strong connection to their grief and sadness, but also their honour, gratitude and patriotic pride. Having been raised in a musical family - Wood’s mother was a soprano in the Welsh National Opera chorus, and he has sung in choirs for his whole life - it is perhaps not surprising that he turned to music as a form of expression. Written around a busy schedule managing a US pharmaceutical company, Wood’s Requiem took eight years to compose. The Requiem was finally recorded and premiered at St John’s Smith Square, London, in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orchid Classics","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49733836079384,"sku":"5060189560684","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3203861-3521128.jpg?v=1777683127","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/christopher-wood-requiem","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}