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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.
Sixteen-years separate Nyman’s String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5, and although the fifth does not directly draw on pre-existing material, the exuberant quality of its first and fifth movements vividly illustrate the composer’s penchant for dance-like rhythms and patterns, while the lyrical, song-like second and sixth hint at themes found in his ...
Three Quartets – dynamic, thrusting. Written for the intriguing textural forces of string, sax and brass quartets, Three Quartets is a punchy 15 minute tour de force combining Nyman’s unique ability to write turbulent rhythmic passages with moments of respite. LISTEN HERE: 3 Quartets. © Isabella de Maddalena.
As one of Britain's most innovative and celebrated composers, Michael Nyman's work encompasses operas and string quartets, film soundtracks and orchestral concertos. He is a performer, conductor, bandleader, pianist, author, musicologist and now a photographer and film-maker.
Michael Nyman discography and songs: Music profile for Michael Nyman, born 23 March 1944. Genres: Post-Minimalism, Film Score, Modern Classical. Albums include The Piano, Decay Music, and Drowning by Numbers.
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).
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Jul 9, 2014 · On Saturday 5th July, 2014, a co-production between Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Liverpool Biennial with Liverpool Cathedral, commissioned Michael Nyman’s Symphony No.11: Hillsborough Memorial, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
