For Yohji Yamamoto: The Show Vol. 2

«Michael Nyman for Yohji Yamamoto is volume 2» of Yohji Yamamoto's series of albums, «The Show». The album features the solo violin work Yamamoto Perpetuo (a play on «moto perpetuo»), which Nyman has since adapted into the «String Quartet No. 4» (originally appearing on the album, «The Suit and the Photograph») and the orchestral work, «Strong on Oaks», «Strong on the Causes of Oaks». The violin is played by Alexander Balanescu, and Nyman can be heard on one track, «Song L», at the piano. The theme of «The Show» was «Cinderella», and Yamamoto desired «Some European folk element» in the score. At the time, Nyman had access only to some Scottish folk songs he had gathered but not used for The Piano, so three tunes, all of which happen to be in A-minor Aeolian mode, were worked into the score.