Michael Nyman Band

The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic. The band did not wish to break up after the production ended, so its director, Michael Nyman, began composing music for the group to perform, beginning with "In Re Don Giovanni", written in 1977. Originally made up of old instruments such as rebecs, sackbuts and shawms alongside more modern instruments like the banjo and saxophone to produce as loud a sound as possible without amplification, it later switched to a fully amplified line-up of string quartet, double bass, clarinet, three saxophones, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, bass guitar, and piano. This lineup has been variously altered and augmented for some works.

Classical Running - 2022-10-20T00:00:00.000000Z

McQueen - 2018-06-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Michael Nyman and 'The Tempest' - 2016-08-26T00:00:00.000000Z

War Work: Eight Songs With Film (Original Score) - 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Le Classique de A à Z - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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