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(The) Piano Concerto
Composed by Michael Nyman
Performed by Ulster Orchestra
with John Lenehan
Conducted by Takuo Yuasa
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Where the Bee Dances
Composed by Michael Nyman
Performed by Ulster Orchestra
with Simon Haram
Conducted by Takuo Yuasa
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Most famous for his collaborations with film director Peter Greenaway, Michael Nyman is a thoroughly modern composer, at home with concerto form, a film score or an arrangement of baroque song. Indeed, Where the Bee Dances for saxophone and orchestra is a single-movement concerto, the title derived from one of Puck's songs from Shakespeare's The Tempest. More than that, Nyman makes occasional reference to his score for Prospero's Books, Greenaway's radical reworking of the play. Saxophonist Simon Haram acquits himself with great virtuosity, aptly taking flight through the ever-changing directions of this busily buzzing, free-flowing rhapsody. Maintaining the connection with cinema, The Piano Concerto is a four-movement expansion and development of themes from Jane Campion's highly acclaimed film, The Piano. This is a defiantly romantic concerto full of grand gestures, epic melodies and the swirling storm clouds of a heart at sea with unresolved passion. Inevitable comparison must be made with the composer's own recording, coupled with the thrillingly dynamic MGV. There, Kathryn Stott is perhaps a little warmer, this recording's John Lenehan having a slightly more forward rhythmic edge. However, the contrasting versions offer many pleasures, each a joyous affirmation that the modern concert hall can still accommodate an uplifting spirit of romance. --Gary S. Dalkin
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