Michael Nyman : Work List

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  50,000 pairs of feet can't be wrong. (2007) - 28 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ssx(asx).asx(ssx).barsx(fl)/hn.tpt.tbn/pf/bgtr/2vn.va.vc

  •  AET (After Extra Time) (1996) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ssx(asx).asx(tsx)/tpt.hrn.trb/pf/ebgtr/2vn.va.vc

  •  All Imperfect Things (The Piano) (1993)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (also available for solo piano)

  •  And Do They Do (1986) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic:bfl).1(bcl).asx.barsx/pf/str(2.1.1.0)+ebgtr

  •  Angelfish Decay (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (version also available for hpd[=pf]/2vn)

  •  Ballet Mécanique (1983)

    Orchestration   2sx/pf.acn/ebgtr/vn.va

  •  Banjo & Matilda (2009)

    Orchestration   0.0.0.sopranino sx+2asx+barsx.0/1.1.0+btbn.0/pf/bgtr/str(1.1.1.1.0)

  •  Bees in Trees (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Bird Anthem (1981) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Bird List 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band

  •  Bird List Song (1979)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Bird Work (1984) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Bisocosis Populi (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Book Depository (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Bravura in the Face of Grief (The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Caliban's Pit (from Prospero's Books) (1990) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Car Crash (A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (version also available for piano)

  •  The Commissar Vanishes (1999) - 45 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Compiling the Colours (Samhitha) (2003) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   written for mandolin virtuoso U. Shrivinas and the Michael Nyman Band

  •  Cornfield (from Prospero's Books) (1990) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Coupling (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Crematorium Conspiracy (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  De Granada A La Luna (1998) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Dead Man's Catch (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Delft Waltz (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Disposition of the Linen (The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Dreams of a Journey (The Piano) (1993)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Drowning by Number 2 (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Drowning by Number 3 (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Embrace (The Piano) (1993) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (solo pf)

  •  Endgame (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  L' Escargot (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  An Eye for Optical Theory (The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (version available for saxophone ensemble)

  •  The Fall of Icarus (1989) - 1 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Final Score (1992) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Fish Beach (Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Five Orchestral Pieces Opus Tree (1981) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Garden is Becoming a Robe Room (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band

  •  Great Death Game (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  H.R.T (1995) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic).1(ca).0.asx(tsx).1/kbd/ebgtr/va

  •  Here To There (The Piano) (1993)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (also available for (I)solo piano (ii) saxophone ensemble)

  •  I am an Unusual Thing (from Letters, Riddles & Writs) (1991) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Contralto

    Orchestration   2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr
    (also available for C/pf)

  •  I was a Total Virgin (2006) - 32 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic).1(ca).1(bcl).asx.1/1110/perc/pf/egtr.bgtr/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  If (from the Diary of Anne Frank) (1995) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ssx.asx/pf/str
    (also available for pf)

    Arranger / Editor   Simon Haram

  •  In Re Don Giovanni (1977) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Knowing the Ropes (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  La Traversée de Paris (1989)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Lady in the Red Hat (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Le Palais Royal (from La Traversée de Paris) (1989) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band
    (saxophone ensemble; bass guitar)

  •  Lost and Found (The Piano) (1993)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (also available for soprano sax/strings; solo piano)

  •  Love is Certainly, at Least Alphabetically Speaking (1983) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Man with a Movie Camera (2001) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx(pic:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/str(1.1.1.1.0)/ebgtr

  •  Manhatta (2003)

    Orchestration   ssx.asx.barsx/hn.tpt.btbn/solo bgtr/str(1.1.1.1.0)

  •  The Masque (from Prospero's Books) (1990) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 sopranos, alto

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Masterwork Samples

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band

  •  The Masterwork/Award-Winning Fishknife (1979)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Memorial (The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Miranda (Prospero's Books) (1990) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2-3 female voices

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (version also available for Michael Nyman Band)

  •  Miserere (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1989) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (versions also available for i. solo boy soprano/SATB chorus ii. S/str4tet)

  •  Miserere Paraphrase (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) (1992) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (also available for i. pf/str4tet ii. ssx/pf iii. violin[cello]/pf iv.violin[cello]/str)

  •  The Musicologist Scores (2009) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   0.0.0.ssx+2asx+barsx.0/1.1.0+btbn.0/pf/bgtr/str(1.1.1.1.0)

  •  M-Work (1981) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  NYman with a Movie Camera (2010)

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band

  •  On Languard Point (2011) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano: Michael Nyman Band

  •  Orfeu (1998)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  L' Orgie Parisienne (1989) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Mezzo soprano]

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band

  •  Outside Looking In (from Carrington) (1987) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band
    (saxophone ensemble; bass guitar)

  •  The Piano: Concert Suite (MNB version)

    Orchestration   Michael Nyman Band with additional 4 violins, 2 violas, and 2 celli

  •  Prawn Watching (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Promise / The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano) (1992) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (version also availaable for solo piano)

  •  Prospero's Curse (Prospero's Books) (1990) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Prospero's Magic (from Prospero's Books) (1990)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Queen of the Night (The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (also available for sax ensemble/pf.ebgtr)

  •  Reconciliation (from Prospero's Books) (1990) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Revisiting the Don (2005) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   chinese flute.ssx.asx/hn.flg.btbn/bgtr/str(1.1.1.1.0)

  •  Sheep and Tides (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Sixth Part of the World (2009)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx(pic:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/str(1.1.1.1.0)/ebgtr

  •  Something Connected With Energy (2008) - 48 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic).0.1(bcl).1.0/1.1.0.0/vibraphone/pf/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  Swan Rot (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Think Slow, Act Fast (1981) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 panpipes.2asx/2perc.2pf/2bgtr

  •  Three Quartets (1994) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(1asx).tsx.barsx/hn.2tpt.tbn/2vn.va.vc

  •  Three Ways of Describing Rain (Sawan; Rang; Dhyan) (2003) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   written for the voices of Rajan and Sajan Misra and Michael Nyman Band

  •  Time Lapse (A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  To the Edge of the Earth (The Piano) (1993) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  To the Edge of the World (from The Piano) (1993)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Trysting Fields (Drowning by Numbers) - band version (1988) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (version also available for str)

  •  Twelve Years Since (from Prospero's Books) (1990) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Up for Grabs (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Upside-Down Violin (1992) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.vc/ebgtr+Orquestra Andaluzi de Tetouan

  •  Venus de Milo (from A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Vermeer's Wife (A Zed and Two Noughts) (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Water Dances (1984)

    Orchestration   MNB
    (2pf)

  •  A Watery Death (The Draughtsman's Contract) (1982) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Wedding Tango (from Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr
    (version also available for str)

  •  Wheelbarrow Walk (Drowning by Numbers) (1988) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Why (from the Diary of Anne Frank) (1995) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ssx.asx/pf/str
    (also available for contralto with fl.asx/pf/str)

    Arranger / Editor   Simon Haram

  •  A Wild and Distant Shore (from The Piano) (1993)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  A Wild and Distant Shore (The Piano) (1983) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  The Wounded (The Piano) (1993) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ssx(asx).barsx:(picc:fl)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/2vn.va.vc/ebgtr

  •  Zeit und Ziel 1814-2002 7 minute(s)