>> Michael Nyman Band
AET (After Extra Time)
[20'] [1996]
fl.ssx(asx).asx(tsx)/tpt.hrn.trb/pf/ebgtr/2vn.va.vc
Commissioned by written for the South Bank to celebrate the 1996 Football European Cup
First performance 5/6/127, Salisbury Festival
Michael Nyman Band
All Imperfect Things (from The Piano)
[1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr+str (4.4.2.0)
Also available for solo piano
Angelfish Decay (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Also available for hpd[=pf]/2vn
Bees in Trees (from Drowning by Numbers)
[3'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Bird Anthem
[4'] [1981]
Soloist(s) SATB
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Bird List Song
[1979]
Soloist(s) Soprano
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Lucie Skeaping, soprano, Michael Nyman Band
Bird Work
[9'] [1984]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Riverside Studios, London
Bisocosis Populi (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Book Depository (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover)
[6'] [1989]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Bravura in the Face of Grief (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
[12'] [1982]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Caliban's Pit (from Prospero's Books)
[3'] [1990]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Car Crash (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[4'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
[5'] [1982]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Also available for piano
The Commissar Vanishes
[45'] [1999]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
First performance 2/12/127, Barbican, London
Michael Nyman Band
Cornfield (from Prospero's Books)
[7'] [1990]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Coupling (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover)
[5'] [1989]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Crematorium Conspiracy (from Drowning by Numbers)
[3'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
De Granada A La Luna
[6'] [1998]
fl/3sx.asx/tpt.hrn.trb/2vn.va/vc/ebgtr
Dead Man's Catch (from Drowning by Numbers)
[3'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Delft Waltz (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
The Disposition of the Linen (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
[5'] [1982]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Dreams of a Journey (from The Piano)
[1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr+str (4.4.2.0)
Drowning by Number 2 (from Drowning by Numbers)
[6'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Drowning by Number 3 (from Drowning by Numbers)
[4'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
The Embrace (from The Piano)
[3'] [1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
version also available for solo piano
Endgame (from Drowning by Numbers)
[8'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
An Eye for Optical Theory (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
[5'] [1982]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Also available for saxophone ensemble
The Fall of Icarus
[90'] [1989]
2(asx)(ssax).barsx(picc.fl.bfl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Commissioned by Plan K and Th??tre de la Monnaie
First performance 10/127, Th??tre de la Monnaie, Brussels
The Final Score
[30'] [1992]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
a tribute from Michael Nyman to football and QPR; directed by Matthew Whiteman
Fish Beach (from Drowning by Numbers)
[3'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Five Orchestral Pieces Opus Tree
[14'] [1981]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Riverside Studios, London
Great Death Game (from Drowning by Numbers)
[2'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Here to There (from The Piano)
[1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr+str (4.4.2.0)
Also available for solo piano; saxophone ensemble
In Re Don Giovanni
[3'] [1977]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, National Theatre, London
Knowing the Ropes (from Drowning by Numbers)
[3'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
L'Escargot (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[6'] [1985]
Soloist(s) Soprano
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
La Travers?e de Paris
[1989]
Soloist(s) soprano
Michael Nyman Band
First performance 127, Th??tre de la Ville, Paris
Sarah Leonard, soprano, Michael Nyman Band
Lady in the Red Hat (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[4'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Lost and Found (from The Piano)
[1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr+str (4.4.2.0)
Also available for soprano sax/strings; solo piano
Love is Certainly, at Least Alphabetically Speaking
[6'] [1983]
Text by Lawrence Sterne
Soloist(s) soprano
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Riverside Studios, London
Sarah Leonard, soprano, Michael Nyman Band
M-Work
[30'] [1981]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
The Masque (from Prospero's Books)
[12'] [1990]
Text by Shakespeare
Soloist(s) 2 sopranos, 1 alto
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 10/127, Ghent Film Festival
Sarah Leonard, Linda Hirst, Miranda Sex Garden, Michael Nyman Band
The Masterwork/Award-Winning Fishknife
[1979]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/ebgtr/2vn.vc
First performance 127, Riverside Studios, London
Michael Nyman Band
written in collaboration with Paul Richards and Bruce McLean
Memorial (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover)
[12'] [1989]
Soloist(s) Soprano
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Miranda (from Prospero's Books)
[4'] [1990]
Soloist(s) 2-3 Female Voices
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Royal Festival Hall, London
Sarah Leonard, Linda Hirst, Miranda Sex Garden, Michael Nyman Band
Also available for Michael Nyman Band
Miserere (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover)
[12'] [1989]
Text by Psalm 51
Soloist(s) SATB, soprano
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 1/127, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Sarah Leonard, soprano, Michael Nyman Band
Also available for i. solo boy soprano/SATB chorus ii. S/str4tet
Miserere Paraphrase (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover)
[6'] [1992]
Soloist(s) soprano
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Also available for i. pf/str4tet ii. ssx/pf iii. violin[cello]/pf iv.violin[cello]/str
Orfeu
[1998]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
First performance 5/127, Lisbon, Portugal
Prawn Watching (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
The Promise / The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano)
[3'] [1992]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Also available for solo piano
Prospero's Curse (from Prospero's Books)
[3'] [1990]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Prospero's Magic (from Prospero's Books)
[1990]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Queen of the Night (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
[6'] [1982]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Also available for sax ensemble/pf.ebgtr
Reconciliation (from Prospero's Books)
[3'] [1990]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Sheep and Tides (from Drowning by Numbers)
[2'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Swan Rot (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Time Lapse (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[4'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
To the Edge of the Earth (from The Piano)
[4'] [1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
To the Edge of the World (from The Piano)
[1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr+str (4.4.2.0)
Trysting Fields (from Drowning by Numbers)
[4'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Michael Nyman Band
Also available for str
Twelve Years Since (from Prospero's Books)
[3'] [1990]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
Up for Grabs (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Venus de Milo (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Vermeer's Wife (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
A Watery Death (from The Draughtsman's Contract)
[4'] [1982]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
Wedding Tango (from Drowning by Numbers)
[4'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Also available for str
Wheelbarrow Walk (from Drowning by Numbers)
[2'] [1988]
2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
First performance 127, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
A Wild and Distant Shore (from The Piano)
[6'] [1983]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
A Wild and Distant Shore (from The Piano)
[1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr+str (4.4.2.0)
The Wounded (from The Piano)
[3'] [1993]
2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr
