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- 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.
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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.
Apr 30, 2014 · Nyman, 70 this year, is a composer whose popular success and accessibility has never come at the expense of his constant experimentalism. Tom Service celebrates the huge range of his...
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat (1986) 1hr 20' Libretto: Christopher Rawlence, based on the case study by Oliver Sacks. Cast: Mrs P (soprano), Dr S (tenor), Dr P (baritone)
- Six Celan Songs (1990) 33' contralto; cl(bcl).2ssx(2asx)barsx(fl,pic)[bsx(fl/pic)]/hn.tpt.btbn/pf/ebgtr/3vn.va.2vc. This cycle of settings of poems by Romanian-born German-language poet Paul Celan was written between May and July 1990 for Ute Lemper.
- String Quartet No 3 (1990) 16' 2 violins, viola, cello. Written for a benefit concert for Romania, held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. The third quartet is based on an earlier choral work by Nyman about a devastating earthquake in Armenia written the year before, Out of the Ruins (1989).
- Where the Bee Dances (1992) 21' soprano saxophone; 1(pic).1+ca.1+bcl.2/2.1.0+btbn.0/pf/str(66432) Commissioned by the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, premiered by John Harle.
Combining Western classical music with the high-octane energy and propulsion of rock and pulse-based minimalism, his music is appreciated for both its intellectual depth and ability to communicate directly with listeners from the get-go.
Mar 22, 2019 · A prolific composer, Nyman is perhaps best known for his distinctive film scores mixing the old and new, writes Pwyll ap Siȏn. For over four decades Michael Nyman has occupied a unique position in the contemporary music scene.
- Pwyll ap Siôn
Aug 20, 2020 · If minimalist music be the food of love – then bring it on. Michael Nyman is a national treasure and the very epitome of great modern British classical music, and then some. Check him out at once.
Graduated 1965. Composition. One of the UK’s most innovative and celebrated composers. Composer for 1993 film, The Piano, the soundtrack album of which has sold more than three million copies. Michael Nyman is one of the UK’s most innovative and celebrated composers.
