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These deft new arrangements form a homage to the countries he has come to love over a lifetime of travelling and performing, musical morsels sent home to us his listeners for aural delectation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStephen writes: “‘Postcards’ suggest many things for me: travel, of course, greetings sent across the seas, ‘wish you were here’; but also writing to someone from home, a few words often meaning more than they say.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMusic from Asia includes ‘Spring breeze prelude’ by the Taiwanese composer Deng Yu-Hsien, widely loved across Taiwan and China. Stephen has also created a delicate piano version of ‘Aka tombo’, a children’s song so beloved in Japan that it even features in citywide ‘5-o’clock chimes’ across the country. Folk and popular traditions appear in ‘Cielito lindo’ and ‘Nature boy’, while the final group of pieces turns to nature, with works by MacDowell, Schumann and Sinding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAlongside these musical travel diaries, Stephen intersperses sparkling new transcriptions of songs from popular films, including arrangements Stephen has created for Lang Lang’s ‘Disney Book’ album. This is the first chance Sir Stephen has had to include piano arrangements of songs from ‘Frozen’, ‘Coco’ and ‘Mary Poppins’. In fact, ‘Supercalifragilistic’ from his ‘Mary Poppins Suite’ already featured to huge success as an encore at the 2024 Last Night of the Proms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePerhaps above all, ‘Piano Postcards’ reflects the tradition of the pianist-composer: musicians who performed, arranged and curated their own repertoire with freedom and individuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTracklist:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1. Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): I. Chim chim cher-ee\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e2. Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): II. Feed the Birds\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e3. Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): III. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e4. Preludes, Book 3, Op. 12: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor. 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These deft new arrangements form a homage to the countries he has come to love over a lifetime of travelling and performing, musical morsels sent home to us his listeners for aural delectation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen writes: “‘Postcards’ suggest many things for me: travel, of course, greetings sent across the seas, ‘wish you were here’; but also writing to someone from home, a few words often meaning more than they say.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic from Asia includes ‘Spring breeze prelude’ by the Taiwanese composer Deng Yu-Hsien, widely loved across Taiwan and China. Stephen has also created a delicate piano version of ‘Aka tombo’, a children’s song so beloved in Japan that it even features in citywide ‘5-o’clock chimes’ across the country. 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In fact, ‘Supercalifragilistic’ from his ‘Mary Poppins Suite’ already featured to huge success as an encore at the 2024 Last Night of the Proms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps above all, ‘Piano Postcards’ reflects the tradition of the pianist-composer: musicians who performed, arranged and curated their own repertoire with freedom and individuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTracklist:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1. Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): I. Chim chim cher-ee\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e2. Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): II. Feed the Birds\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e3. Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): III. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e4. Preludes, Book 3, Op. 12: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor. 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These deft new arrangements form a homage to the countries he has come to love over a lifetime of travelling and performing, musical morsels sent home to us his listeners for aural delectation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen writes: “‘Postcards’ suggest many things for me: travel, of course, greetings sent across the seas, ‘wish you were here’; but also writing to someone from home, a few words often meaning more than they say.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic from Asia includes ‘Spring breeze prelude’ by the Taiwanese composer Deng Yu-Hsien, widely loved across Taiwan and China. Stephen has also created a delicate piano version of ‘Aka tombo’, a children’s song so beloved in Japan that it even features in citywide ‘5-o’clock chimes’ across the country. 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