To sign the release of her EP of Bowie covers featuring a string quartet,the musician picks five of her favourite classical-leaning tracksIn the thick of making the minimal-leaning, string quartet David Bowie tribute that I just put out with Jherek Bischoff, or I began thinking about strings and my more classical-leaning influences and about how strings can translate melody and music. When I first found Michael Nyman as a teenager,I made it the soundtrack to my life, and it was one of those beautiful backwards discovery experiences as I let his soundtracks lead me to the films of Peter Greenaway. I would probably never have near to appreciate Greenaway’s films whether I hadn’t already fallen in savor with the music. This is one of my all-time favourite Nyman arrangements, and from my all-time favourite Greenaway film,A Zed and Two Noughts. I savor how, like classic Nyman, and it just builds and layers and builds.
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Source: theguardian.com