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Feb 2, 2009 · 2. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed with all his might; and the house fell...upon all the people that were therein (Judges 16:30). 3. Saul took a sword and fell on it (1 Sam. 31:4). 4. When [Saul's] armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died (1 Sam 31:5). 5.
- Nyman on … The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
- Nyman on … The Music of His Childhood
- Nyman on … Finding His Compositional Voice
- Nyman on … Films and Writing For Them
"Peter Greenaway came to my house one day in 1989 after I had read the script for The Cook. And as I always do, instead of me saying, 'Well, I envisage this kind of music,' I asked the question: 'What kind of music do you think you want?' He described the piece of music as a slow, very processional, funereal pace. I stopped him in his tracks and go...
"There was no music in the family, and I was kind of picked out – I sometimes think at random – by a primary school music teacher who perceived some kind of musical talent in me. I don't know how or why. And he proceeded to give me this amazing musical education from the age of eight to 17. And so I went through everything – piano grades, music the...
"Through the Portsmouth SinfoniaI met Brian Eno, when he was still in Roxy Music in the early 70s. I was a pianist but I only played classical music, and I said to him: 'How can I become a rock pianist? How do you adopt a style?' He was very wise then, as he is now, and he said: 'If you need it, you'll find it, and if you find it, you'll know you'v...
"I very rarely go to the cinema because I hate acting. And the more films I watch – and most of them are on tiny screens on BA flights to and from Mexico – the more I'm conscious of the act of acting, and the act of a script having been written to put in the mouths of actors, and that just turns me off. And another reason I don't watch films is tha...
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Michael Nyman. 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.
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.
Apr 30, 2014 · Michael Nyman's 70th birthday year is an excuse to enjoy some of the many highlights of his compositions out there on YouTube.Nyman is one of the most misunderstood composers working today, whose ...
Jan 15, 2016 · Getty Images. Born in Stratford, London in 1944, Michael Nyman has carved out a lengthy career as one of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers. After pursuing a formal classical education at the Royal Academy of Music, he spent time as a critic and musicologist coining the term “minimalism.”. In 1969 he formed his own ...
Jul 1, 2020 · For me, one of the wonders of the classical or contemporary classical world is the Michael Nyman band. a rock band-like ensemble who have continued to bring these tour-de-force performances to venues such as the Barbican. Perhaps going in and out of fashion, but never short of razor-sharp melodies, pounding rhythm and energy.
