The Violin Concerto was commissioned by Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. It was first performed by Gidon Kremer (violin) and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchester conducted by DennisRussell Davies at the Musikhalle Hamburg Germany on 29 August 2003. Interpolated within this one-minute-one-movement layout is a recurrent refrain where the soloist articulates one of the basic harmonic foundations of anumber of the one minute sections (six dominant 7ths - on E F sharp C A B D) in an undisguised Bachian fashion. The slow arpeggios in the later variants of the refrain not unexpectedly find themselves sharing a bed with theopening of Berg's Violin Concerto. Nyman has effectively adopted Berg's orchestral template with two exceptions - the omission of the alto Saxophone and replaced Berg's Percussion section with Marimba and Vibraphone mallet instruments which intertwine with the soloist in the Concerto. Alban Berg's Violin Concerto was dedicated to 'the memory of an angel' Manon Gropius. Nyman's Concerto was dedicated to the memory of DanielToscan du Plantier a friend and neighbour - in Nyman's words 'certainly no angel but a major figure in the recording and film industries'. Arranged for solo Violin and Piano accompaniment the duration of thiswork is approximately: 25 minutes.

For this experimental film Nyman had the idea of building his music for the marriage masque scene experimentally layering Voices by different sorts of singers to build texture. He arranged the work for brass quintet almostimmediately in 1991.Nyman is a contemporary British composer of richly layered modular minimalist pieces often incorporating period instruments or instrumentation outside the normal Orchestral offerings. He is particularly wellknown for his film scores including The Piano The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover Prospero’s Books and The Claim among many others. His work is widely performed and recorded.

At every turn Nyman has proved eminently practical. Not for him the ivory tower anguish of a tormented composer grappling with abstract systems. Rather he has consistently displayed an openness to collaboration a spry sense ofhumour a literate imagination and an instinctive ability to engage a highly diverse audience.

Eos commissioned Nyman to write a score for the 10-minute silent film Manhatta a Jazz Age piece lacing together images of inter-way Manhattan with the (projected) words of Walt Whitman.Originally scored for large ensemble this piece is now available for Soprano Voice and Bass Clarinet.

Full Score-Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to ‘Dido and Aeneas’ is a prologue to Henry Purcell's opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate. The libretto is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recountsthe love of Dido Queen of Carthage for the Trojan hero Aeneas and her despair when he abandons her. This edition of the work is scored for SATB String section and Harpsichord.

Available for the first time for solo piano here are four fabulous arrangements from the motion-picture soundtrack of The Piano plus the two favourite themes from the award-winning film by Jane Campion. This is anotherwonderfully presented edition with stills from the film an original manuscript sketch and note from Nyman to lead actress Holly Hunter who performs the pieces herself in the film.

for Solo Bass Clarinet-Eos commissioned Nyman to write a score for the 10-minute silent film Manhatta a Jazz Age piece lacing together images of inter-way Manhattan with the (projected) words of WaltWhitman. Originally scored for large ensemble this piece is for solo Bass Clarinet.

Vocal Score-Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to ‘Dido and Aeneas’ is a prologue to Henry Purcell's opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate. The libretto is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recountsthe love of Dido Queen of Carthage for the Trojan hero Aeneas and her despair when he abandons her. This edition of the work is scored for SATB with Piano reduction.

Score for 'The Piano Sings'.Quoting Nyman: 'In writing for The Piano I had to establish not only the usual repertoire of music for the film but a specific repertoire of piano music that would have been Ada's repertoireas a pianist. I began creating her a folio of material that I imagined she had in her head that her fingers carried around with her almost as if she had been the composer.Initially I was unsure as to how precisely to pitchthe style: it had to be a 'possible' mid-nineteenth century music but not pastiche and obviously written in 1992. But then I had the perception that since Ada was from Scotland it was logical to use Scottish folk and popularsongs as the basis of our music. Once I hit on that idea the whole thing fell into place.It's as though I was writing the music of another composer who happened to live in Scotland then New Zealand in the mid 1850s. Someonewho was obviously not a professional composer or pianist. So there had to be a modesty to it.'Scored for Soprano and String Quartet. Separate parts are also available on sale.