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Collections is a unique combination of Michael Nyman’s work as a composer, filmmaker and photographer. Available now in a Box set with a luxurious 52 page hard back photo book, a digipack containing a CD, DVD and additional booklet notes written specially by Michael.
- 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.
Apr 30, 2014 · Michael Nyman: five of the best. 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...
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.
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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Michael Nyman: Collections by Michael Nyman. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Jan 15, 2016 · His unforgettable music for Jane Campion’s The Piano in 1993 sold over three million copies, and in these excerpts from his interview for RBMA Radio, Nyman’s restless musical mind sent him on a journey from the heydays of minimalism and working with Brian Eno to video games and Kenji Eno.
