About this programme

Donald Macleod talks to Michael Nyman (b 1944), discussing his music and more recent artistic activities as a photographer and film-maker. Michael Nyman: The Promise; The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano). Michael Nyman Band, director Michael Nyman (piano). Your Mother Will Be Mad; You Followed Me Here (Man and Boy: Dada). William Sheldon (boy-soprano: Michael), Vivian Tierney (soprano: attendant), John Graham-Hall (tenor: Kurt Schwitters), Michael Nyman Band, conductor Paul McGrath. Franklyn (Wonderland). Michael Nyman (piano). String Quartet No 3. Balanescu Quartet. 1-100. Michael Nyman (piano).