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Michael Nyman : Balancing the Books


commissioned by The Swingle Singers
Publisher Chester Music Ltd
Category
Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
Year Composed 1999
Duration
12 Minutes
Chorus SSAATTBB
Availability
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Full Score(s) CH61796

Reviews

  • Balancing the Books, presumably named for the venue, is a ten-minute encounter between slowly shifting harmonies and quick syncopated overlays. No words: the [Swingle Singers] use their own syllables. With its busy, ringing textures, its sudden halts and lyrical flowerings, it makes one of Nyman's most concise and lucid inventions.
    Robert Maycock, The Independent, 01/07/2000

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