La Traversée de Paris (album)
La Traversée de Paris (The Crossing of Paris) is an album by the Michael Nyman Band featuring music composed by Michael Nyman for an audio-visual exhibition of the same name which took place at the Grande Arche de la Défense from July to December 1989 to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Track listing The album consists of 17 pieces, each referring to a specific or generic location, historical incident, or cultural development in Paris since the time of the Revolution. There is a geographical emphasis to the first six pieces which describe the city itself without historical context. The subsequent pieces proceed in chronological order by namesake, as a musical timeline charting the city's rich and often violent history from 1789 to 1989. L'entrée. La nef de Paris ("The Nave of Paris"). Débarcadère ("Docks"). Le Labyrinthe. Le Palais Royal. Le jardin ("Garden"). Le théâtre d'ombres chinoises ("Shadow Theatre"). L'émeute de la faim ("Hunger Riots"). Du faubourg à l'Assemblée ("From the suburbs to the Assembly"). "Ah ça ira" ("It will succeed!"). Refers to a bloodthirsty execution-chant from the Revolution. With the London Voices. Passage de l'Égalité ("The Egalitarian Movement"). Les murs des fédérés ("The Communards' Wall"). A setting of