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And Do They Do / Zoo Caprices

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

And Do They Do / Zoo Caprices is Michael Nyman's eighth album and his fifth with his own band. It combines two works. And Do They Do is a modern dance production commissioned by Siobhan Davies and the London Contemporary Dance Theatre, which premiered on 25 November 1986 at Sadler's Wells Theatre. It consists of four linked Songs, although nobody sings in it. The third is jazzy in colour, but based on Nachtlied by Robert Schumann.

He wrote Zoo Caprices for the violinist Alexander Balanescu, who played it in Paris in April 1986. It is an arrangement of the music for the film A Zed & Two Noughts by Peter Greenaway, in which Balanescu uses multiple stopping on a single violin to sound several harmonies at once. The record first appeared on LP on Ter Records, followed by the CD in 1989.

Listening

Listening tip. Listen to And Do They Do: Song III and try to hear, behind the jazzy colour, the kinship with Schumann's Nachtlied.

Track list

  1. 1And Do They Do: Song I5:05Apple Music ↗
  2. 2And Do They Do: Song II6:18Apple Music ↗
  3. 3And Do They Do: Song III4:08Apple Music ↗
  4. 4And Do They Do: Song IV5:41Apple Music ↗
  5. 5Zoo Caprices: The Lady in the Red Hat3:19Apple Music ↗
  6. 6Zoo Caprices: Swan Rot2:11Apple Music ↗
  7. 7Zoo Caprices: Up for Crabs2:27Apple Music ↗
  8. 8Zoo Caprices: Car Crash2:53Apple Music ↗
  9. 9Zoo Caprices: Bisocosis Populi3:36Apple Music ↗
  10. 10Zoo Caprices: Venus De Milo2:38Apple Music ↗
  11. 11Zoo Caprices: Angelfish Decay2:04Apple Music ↗
  12. 12Zoo Caprices: Vermeer's Wife Watches Prawns4:16Apple Music ↗
  13. 13Zoo Caprices: Timelapse3:47Apple Music ↗

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