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And Do They Do
[21'] [1986]
1(pic:bfl).1(bcl).asx.barsx/pf/str(2.1.1.0)
Commissioned by Siobhan Davies for the London Contemporary Dance Theatre
First performance 25/11/127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
London Contemporary Dance Theatre and the Michael Nyman Band
Ballet M?chanique
[1983/2000]
directed by Fernand L?ger
Basic Black
[22'] [1984]
2(pic).1.1(bcl)/3.2.1.2/perc(+mba)/pf/str(4.3.3.0)
First performance 127, Jones Hall, Houston
Houston Ballet
choreographed by Farrell Dyde for Houston Ballet
A Broken Set of Rules
[26'] [1984]
1+2pic.3(ca)2(ssx:bcl).ssx(asx).tsx(barsx).2+cbn/4432/hp.hpd/str
First performance 127, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Ashley Page, choreographer
Facing Goya
[120'] [2000]
Text by Victoria Hardie
Soloist(s) 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone
1(pic).2ssx(asx).barsx/hn.tpt.btbn/pf 2kbds/ebgtr/perc/str(1.1.1.1)
First performance 3/8/127, Auditorio De Galicia, Santiago De Compostela
Hilary Summers, Marie Angel, Winnie B?we, Harry Nicoll and Omar Ebrahim, Harry Spence Lyth, conductor (conductor), Michael Nyman Band
Facing Goya (revised)
[133:50'] [2002]
Text by Victoria Hardie
Soloist(s) 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone
1(pic).2ssx(asx).barsx/hn.tpt.btbn/pf 2kbds/ebgtr/perc/str(1.1.1.1)
First performance 20/10/127, Karlsruhe, Germany
Michael Nyman (conductor), Michael Nyman Band
Letters, Riddles and Writs
[30'] [1991]
Text by Jeremy Newson after Mozart
Soloist(s) Mezzo-soprano, Countertenor, Bass
3sx.1.1.1(=euph)/pf/bgtr/3vn.va.2vc
First performance 24/6/127, Shaw Theatre, London
Jonathan Peter Kenny, countertenor / Martin Nelson, bass, Endymion Ensemble, directed by David Meyer
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
[70'] [1986]
Text by Christopher Rawlence, based on the case study by Oliver Sacks
Soloist(s) Soprano, Tenor, Baritone
hp/2vn.va.2vc/pf
First performance 27/10/127, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Emile Belcourt, tenor / Patricia Hooper, soprano / Federick Westcott, baritone, Michael Nyman (conductor)
Miniatures/Configurations (String Quartet No. 2)
[22'] [1988/89]
Soloist(s) three/four dancers
First performance 127, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and the Balanescu Quartet
Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs
[90'] [1994]
Text by Shakespeare
Soloist(s) Soprano, Alto, Tenor
ob(cor).cl(bcl).ssx(asx).barsx(fl+pic)/C tpt(flg).btbn(tba)/pf/bgtr/str(6vn.2va.2vc)
First performance 7/12/127, Globe Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
Catherine Bott, Hilary Summers, Christopher Gillett, Robert Lepage (conductor), Michael Nyman Band
Portraits In Reflection (Childs Play)
[21'] [1985]
2vn/hpd[=pf]
First performance 2/127, Joyce Theatre, New York
written for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company
The Princess of Milan
Karine Saposta, choreographer
Strange Attractors
[25']
str4tet and pf
Commissioned by the Stephen Petronio Dance Company
First performance 4/11/127, Yerbo Buena Centre for the Arts, San Francisco
Stephen Petronio Dance Company
