NYman with a Movie Camera - T01759995301Michael Nyman is one of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers. He’s also a performer, conductor, pianist, author, photographer and filmmaker. This evening we are lucky enough to see him as composer, pianist and filmmaker. During the first half Michael Nyman and his band will perform music from the unforgettable, award-winning soundtrack to The Piano alongside two of his most notable scores for Peter Greenaway’s films The Draughtman’s Contract and Prospero Books. This will be followed by NYman with a Movie Camera, a film by Nyman, screened with a live performance of his score by the Michael Nyman Band directed from the keyboard by Nyman himself. | |
20 Oct 10 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0758069758 |
T0581719695This rare appearance by Michael Nyman and his Band will include excerpts from his film scores for The Piano and The Draughtman's Contract. After the interval, the silent film The Man With The Movie Camera will be screened accompanied by a performance of Nyman's new score. | |
30 Apr 03 | Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L301212976 |
T0513274299[Michael Nyman] directs his renowned big band from the piano in an amplified concert performance of compositions for three of his most acclaimed film collaborations - The Draughtman's Contract, Wonderland and Prospero's Books. The concert also features Nyman's thrilling new multimedia work using live music and film. The commissar Vanishes, about Stalin's practice of manipulating photographs to erase images of his enemies. Witty, subtle, complex and brilliant, this is music to get your feet tapping and your mind engaged. | |
19 Jul 01 | Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate :: V941 listing details L1585370580 |
T146235752A special concert featuring Nyman's The Commissar Vanishes. An extraordinary and revelatory study of the Stalinist purges with film accompaniment - a 25th Anniversary highlight. | |
4 Dec 99 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L749010730 |