Nyman Premieres
12th February 2008
© Chris Dawes
The title of gdm refers to Nyman’s love of the London Routemaster bus, and to London mayor Ken Livingstone’s statement that only a “ghastly dehumanised moron” would take it out of service – shortly before he did exactly that. Nyman’s Piano Concerto No.2 was commissioned for the re-opening of the famous Venaria gardens in Turin, but has had to wait eight months for a premiere performance, after a planned open-air concert was cancelled due to heavy rain.
