There was a bit of a buzz around the appearance of film composer, Michael Nyman at Waterford New Music Week, with the composer himself interviewed on RTE’s flagship arts magazine programme, Arena in the week of the festival. So with my diary clear, daylight hours getting longer and the prospect of a sunny weekend ahead, I headed South East from the Banner County.
Nyman is lauded as one of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers, with numerous film soundtracks and opera scores to his credit. His work can elicit strong reactions and as I write, twitter updates report 'loud booing for Nyman's bouncy gleeful score' at Maerzmusik, Berlin. The long queue at the Good Shepherd Chapel on the WIT campus boded well and I made my way to the top to the ticket desk just as the doors opened and carried on to sit in the front row to get a good view of this ‘fascinating and influential cultural icon’.
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Michael Nyman at Waterford New Music Week 2011
Nyman is lauded as one of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers, with numerous film soundtracks and opera scores to his credit. His work can elicit strong reactions and as I write, twitter updates report 'loud booing for Nyman's bouncy gleeful score' at Maerzmusik, Berlin. The long queue at the Good Shepherd Chapel on the WIT campus boded well and I made my way to the top to the ticket desk just as the doors opened and carried on to sit in the front row to get a good view of this ‘fascinating and influential cultural icon’.
