Michael Nyman Band: "Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds" | Live in Halle (Part 1/16)

From Studio Halle, 2010: The Michael Nyman Band performs "Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds" from the soundtrack to Peter Greenaway's "The Draughtsman’s Contract".
Part 1 of the concert "Michael Nyman Band Live at Studio Halle", featuring the acclaimed composer who gained fame for his soundtracks (such as Jane Campion's "Tha Piano" or Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" & "The Draughtsman’s Contract").
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Michael Nyman - The Draughtsman’s Contract: Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds
The Michael Nyman Band
Michael Nyman
Gabrielle Lester
Catherine Thompson
Catherine Musker
Anthony Hinnigan
David Roach
Simon Haram
Andrew Findon
Steven Sidwell
David Lee
Nigel Barr
Martin Elliott
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About Michael Nyman
Many people associate the name Michael Nyman primarily with the soundtrack for Jane Campion’s film “The Piano”, but that fails to do justice to this highly successful British artist. The extensive oeuvre produced by composer, conductor, and pianist Nyman includes not only film music but also opera, songs, ballet music, and orchestral works and displays an impressive musical diversity. Anyone wishing to gain an impression of this versatility would have had an opportunity to experience the Michael Nyman Band in top form at this performance. The concert offers an exciting sample of Nyman’s past work and also presents the German premiere of The Musicologist Scores, marking the climax of an engagement with the music of Georg Friedrich Handel that began in the 1960s. Using an unusual combination of saxophone, flute, brass, piano, string quartet and bass guitar, The Michael Nyman Band is the composer’s preferred ensemble for trying out all his new works. All over the world the powerful, energetic playing of the band - developed under his leadership over a period of three decades - brings his works to sparkling life and has long since become a characteristic feature of his music.
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[@grigoryg8478]

Brilliant!💎

[@phjones01]

What a tune!

[@iconicshrubbery]

Attended Nyman's performance of this, and the rest of the film score 40 years ago in a church in London. I applauded ecstatically, standing. Michael beckoned to me and greeted me. Then he signed my D.C record😅 I shed a tear re-living that with this.

[@zetoxa5615]

Arcydzieło muzyki współczesnej 😍🤩

[@michel_p5021]

Merveilleux ! Quel bonheur pour moi d'avoir découvert Michael Nyman lors de son concert à la Centrale Électrique de Yainville le 15 mai 1985 !!!🙏

[@ifnotyouthenwho]

This is so so wonderful. Thank you. My man Nyman. And band. This keeps me alive. So keep doing it. X

[@TomGraham-mk2wl]

Yep, it's soul food!

[@user-gd8ej6ni2k]

現在最も興味を抱き、その独特の音楽に魅了されている、マイケル・ナイマンとナイマンバンドは私の耳の宝物。MONARDAさんへ感謝します!

[@JarreMan]

SUPER

[@josefsikuta2568]

best

[@philotis1896]

are there any concerts playing M Nyman's music anywhere in uk or Europe ?

[@greyheron4005]

My birth , my life and most probably my death.

[@user-fn4um4il1z]

В России тоже знают и любят Майкла Наймана и его замечательную музыку❤