This is another piece from the soundtrack of the film ‘Drowning By Numbers’ by the wonderful Michael Nyman.
This piece, like all of the music from that film, is based on a few bars from Mozart’s ‘Sinfonia Concetante’ (Song 34) which is also a favourite of mine, but as is typical of Michael Nyman this piece takes a simple source and works with it to create something very exciting and special.
The music from ‘Drowning By Numbers’ always reminds me of living in Hackney back in 1993 and playing the CD on the wonderful sound system owned by my flatmate which had Mission Speakers, a Cambridge amplifier and Teac CD machine. Such equipment made listening to this music truly wonderful and I often had it on during the day as I waited for the BBC to call and give me a part in Eastenders or something equally as exciting!
Kerry and I also went to see the Michael Nyman band at the Barbican that year playing music from the film ‘The Piano’ and ‘Drowning By Numbers’ where it was even more exciting to hear the music actually being played there and then by the musicians….
Enjoy this piece….
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