Saxophonist Simon Haram's CD Frame exists at a point where border s between minimalism, jazz and film music fade into inconsequentiality. Principal saxophone with the London Sinfonietta, Haram studied with John Harle and is a regular soloist with the Graham Fitkin Group, Michael Nyman Band and the London Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the Duke Quartet, the arrangements are augmented by ...
Michael Morris's stage adaptation from the Oliver Sachs story is scored by Nyman in his unmistakable style. Some critics argue that, just as the story's main character "saw faces where there was no faces to see", fans of Nyman's work hear music where there is none to be heard. But Nyman addresses his task intelligently, and at times finds very clever ways of illustrating the plight of the ...