‘Trysting Fields’ is a piece from the soundtrack of Peter Greenaway’s film ‘Drowning By Numbers’ and was written by Michael Nyman. I first heard a piece from the soundtrack used on television during a fashion item on ‘The Clothes Show’. The music was played against various models wearing unusual outfits and riding penny-farthing bicycles and as the music was so fitting and sounded so intriguing I went out and bought the soundtrack album.
Having read the sleeve notes I discovered that Michael Nyman had based the entire score on a small section of Mozart’s ‘Sinfornia Concetante’ (Song 34) and you can definitely hear elements of Mozart in the music but as usual Nyman makes it his own and produces something wonderful. Kerry and I were lucky enough to go the Barbican and listen to (and see) the Michael Nyman Band back in 1993 when we lived in Hackney and this one on the programme.
Now listen to the music….
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