Description Michael Nyman's The Piano Concerto is based entirely on material selected from his soundtrack to Jane Campion's film 'The Piano.' This version is for Two Pianos, reducing the Orchestral accompaniment of Nyman's original scoring to a second Piano part. A full performance lasts around 35 minutes.
SKU: HL.14020013
UPC: 884088650094. 9.0x11.75x0.536 inches.
Concerto, for piano and small orchestra, based entirely on material selected from the soundtrack for the film The Piano. Commissioned by the Festival de Lille, it was composed in spring 1993 and first performed by Kathryn Stott with the Orchestre National de Lille under Jean-Claude Casadesus on 26th September 1993.
SKU: HL.238317
UPC: 888680912949. 12x16.5 inches.
Originally composed in 2007, this is the Full Score to the 2013 revised version. Duration: 21 minutes.
SKU: HL.50602272
ISBN 9781540080974. UPC: 888680988678. 9.0x12.0x0.165 inches.
This saxophone concerto, written in one continuous movement with a wide variety of tempi, celebrates the talents of John Harle, who has been a central player in the Michael Nyman Band for over ten years. The title has a double reference: on the one hand to the circular orientation dances which a foraging bee performs to communicate the location of food source, and on the other hand to my setting of 'Where the bee sucks', composed for Peter Greenaway's film Prospero's Books and quoted sporadically during the concerto. However, most of the material is derived from a 4-chord sequence that John once overheard me playing and which he expressed a particular liking for. -Michael Nyman.