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Jul 3, 2014 · Michael Nyman: 'There was no way I could hide this piece of iconic music.' ... "When John died, I thought maybe one of my reviews of his work could be used as a homage to his work in the early 60s ...
Michael Nyman combines Western classical music with the high-octane energy and propulsion of rock and pulse-based minimalism. As we look ahead to the composer's 80th birthday in 2024, discover the variety of Michael Nyman's music with a new profile by musicologist and composer Pwyll ap Siôn.
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Nyman in 2015. Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway ), and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion 's The Piano.
Jul 9, 2014 · – Michael Nyman, 2014. ”Nyman said that’… making that music, in the cathedral, played by that orchestra, with all those associations, can, and will, only have an emotional purpose.” Many people remember and have their memories of that tragic day. Here are some personal testimonies from the authors of this review. Nigel Harrison
Dec 9, 2015 · Contralto Hilary Summers is the soloist, her dark, plummy tones meshing perfectly with Nyman’s brassy-tinged textures. Certainly, War Work feels like an elegy to a lost generation, one ...
Apr 9, 2014 · LONDON (AP) — Composer Michael Nyman has been commissioned to write a symphony commemorating 96 Liverpool soccer fans crushed to death in Britain's worst sports stadium disaster. "Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial" includes the names of those who died during an April 1989 match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield's Hillsborough Stadium. Organizers of the Liverpool ...
Jan 9, 2009 · Until now, Michael Nyman’s fine reputation has rested on music. Composing with innovative minimalism for films as memorable as The Draughtsman’s Contract and Man on Wire, he reached an ...
