The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff

Genre

concert film

Country

Germany

Runtime

55 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a concert film featuring performer Ute Lemper singing a collection of art songs composed by Michael Nyman. The songs set texts by poets like Paul Celan, William Shakespeare, and Arthur Rimbaud to music. The film captures a live studio performance with a small ensemble of musicians.

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What happens

The Michael Nyman Songbook is a collection of art songs by Michael Nyman based on texts by Paul Celan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare and Arthur Rimbaud. It was recorded as an album with Ute Lemper in 1991, and again as a concert film in 1992, under the direction of Volker Schlöndorff, again with Ute Lemper, though many of the musicians had changed. The songs have been recorded by others and as instrumentals, and are published by Chester Music. The album has been issued by both London Records and Argo Records, though the covers are the same except for the logo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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