...two tracks taken from the 'Wingates Band / Nyman Brass' album. 

Michael Nyman described it as 'a privilege' to work with Wingates. Although his music was very different from the kind that the players were used to, he said they 'picked up the style, especially the formality of the music, and it soon sounded second nature to them… I loved the spirit of the playing, the instant dedication and the energy in what is a very new sound world for me.'

The two main sequences on the album are from the scores to The Ogre [Volker Schlondorff, 1996] and The Libertine [Laurence Dunmore, 2005].

The Ogre was never seen in the UK and the soundtrack not released here, so this will be the first time many people will have heard this music. Originally composed for brass ensemble with saxophones, Wingates Band's performance is not hugely different from the original.

The album is completed with the Michael Nyman Band classics, In Re Don Giovanni and Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds from The Draughtman's Contract [Peter Greenaway, 1982], where the music sounds very different from the original performances. Michael Nyman says, 'the whole sound-world was transformed. Things like repeated rhythms which I originally gave to piano are punchier, edgier, more dangerous on cornets and trombones.'

Wingates Band was formed in 1873 by the members of the Bible Class of Wingates Independent Methodist Church in Westhoughton, Bolton, in response to a challenge from the members of Westhoughton Old Band, which had been in existence since 1858. By the turn of the century, led by legendary 'giant' of the British brass band movement Willaim Rimmer, Wingates had been turned into one of the top bands in the country. In 1906 the Band achieved national fame by winning the 'double': the British Open and the British National Championships. The following year Wingates astounded the brass band world by completing the double again. www.wingatesband.org.


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'Magic Forest' and 'Göering's Hunting Party'

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Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial represents the culmination of Michael Nyman's thinking around the tragedies connected with Liverpool Football Club. 25 years after the Hillsborough disaster, he says that he hopes it will make a small but significant contribution to the healing process still necessary for the families of the lost fans.

Trailer for Michael Nyman's Symphony No. 11: Hillsborough Memorial

Two pieces by Michael Nyman
From the concert of 2 July 2014 at Carpenter street in Providence

Chris Erway -- electric piano
J. P. A. Falzone -- Rhodes piano, triangle
Brendan Glasson -- Hohner Cembalet, bells
Liz Isenberg -- Wurlitzer piano
Sakiko Mori -- Crumar Roadrunner 2, percussion
Scott Reber -- Casio, percussion
Florence Wallis -- Hohner Pianet

Michael Nyman - Bell Set No 1 (Live)

Artist:  Michael Nyman
Song: Memorial
Film:   The Cook,The Theif, His wife and Her Lover


Michael Nyman - Memorial(The Cook,The Theif, His wife and Her Lover)

Nyman/ Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs

'Sometime Like Apes' from 'Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs'

Nyman: Prospero's Books CD2

'Miranda' from 'Prospero's Books'

'The Masque' from 'Prospero's Books'

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Recently rediscovered from the archive of Robert Worby, this demo is from the late 1970s and features some previously unreleased Nyman compositions as well as early versions of 'In Re Don Giovanni' and other music that would later be heard in 'Prospero's Books'.
The Campiello Band later became the Michael Nyman Band, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2016.  
Hear the complete Demo tape on Youtube: http://bit.ly/2fqA0Ns

Undated Demo (late 70s)

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 'In Re Don Giovanni' from 1970s Demo

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'Magic Forest' and 'Göering's Hunting Party'

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