1. Prospero's magic
2. Prospero's curse
3. Come unto these yellow sands
4. Cornfield
5. Miranda
The fifth feature film that Peter Greenaway and Michael Nyman produced in 1991, Prospero's Books is a reworking of The Tempest. The score was written for the Michael Nyman Band and made into a suite for chamber orchestra in 1994. The first performance was given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Ivor Bolton in January 1995.
Performances
19/20/21.1.95 Glasgow: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ivor Bolton
24/25/26.4.03 St Paul, MN, USA: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
17.6.03 Royal Festival Hall, London: BBC Concert Orchestra/Michael Nyman
22.9.04 Rome, Italy: Rome Sinfonietta/Michael Nyman
9/11.11.04 Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria: Bruckner Orchester Linz/Elisabeth Fuchs
17.6.11 Melbourne Town Hall, Australia: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
12.2.13 Douai, France: Le Sinfonietta/Vsevolod Polonsky
7.6.13 Old Billingsgate, London: Philharmonia Orchestra/Christian Kluxen
9.4.14 Basel, Switzerland: Sinfonieorchester Basel/Dennis Russell Davies