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He has written a number of operas, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Letters, Riddles and Writs; Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs; Facing Goya; Man and Boy: Dada; Love Counts; and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond. He has written six concerti, five string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band. He is also a ...
- 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.
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Pages in category "Operas by Michael Nyman" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Facing Goya; L.
He has also written widely for the stage. His operas include The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1986) and Facing Goya (2000) and he has provided ballet music for a number of the world's most distinguished choreographers. Nyman is making a major contribution to symphonic repertoire via an in-progress series of 19 symphonies.
Mar 22, 2019 · Michael Nyman celebrates his 75th birthday March 23 2019. Nyman is undoubtedly one of the UK’s most innovative, celebrated, and globally performed composers. His reputation is built upon a substantial body of work written for a wide variety of ensembles, not only for his own band, but also for symphony orchestra, choir, and string quartet.
Apr 30, 2014 · Michael Nyman photographed at the Rome Film Festival, October 2011. ... Nyman's 1986 opera is one of his most ambitious works, telling the story of Mr P, a professional singer whose visual agnosis ...
Nyman's best known work so far is the score to Jane Campion's film The Piano (1992). Apart from film work though, Nyman has written opera, chamber music, vocal music and dance scores. His music is typified by its insistent repetition and rich instrumentation, and themes that are reworked over several separate compositions.
