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Melanie Pappenheim (born 1959) is an English soprano and composer, notable for her vocal work with various British cross-disciplinary composers, with avant-garde theatre companies and on soundtracks (notably for several films and the 2005 revival of ''
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Contemporary music

Pappenheim is a frequent collaborator with contemporary composer-performers
Simon Fisher-Turner Simon Fisher Turner (born 21 November 1954) is an English musician, songwriter, composer, producer and actor. After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' and roles in films such as '' The Big Sleep'' ( ...
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Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook (, rhyming with "book"; born 14 February 1960) is an English composer and viola player. She is known for her scores for many films, including ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Wife''. Education Pook gradua ...
, and is also a member of their respective musical projects. Her first recorded work was as vocalist for the avant garde jazz-pop band Shopping Trolley, which released one eponymous album on Hannibal Records in 1989 (Catalog # HNBL 1349). That album was compared to Manhattan Transfer and received positive reviews, but the band broke up shortly afterward. Since then she has been a long-term member of Pook's 10-piece ensemble, appearing on record and in concert as one of the ensemble's three vocalists. As part of the Ensemble, she has contributed to the soundtracks of Hollywood blockbuster films,
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and
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. She also does the vocal work on the majority of Pook's music, appearing on the album ''Deluge'' (later reissued as ''Flood'') and ''Untold Things''. Pappenheim's work with
Simon Fisher-Turner Simon Fisher Turner (born 21 November 1954) is an English musician, songwriter, composer, producer and actor. After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' and roles in films such as '' The Big Sleep'' ( ...
has included contributions to the soundtracks of two
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films. Turner has compared Pappenheim's work ethic to that of Jarman's, in that there is a great understanding between them without much communicating. (His actual quote was, "She just does what she likes...".) Pappenheim has been a member of Gough's 16 piece choir The Shout since 1998. In 2009, at the invitation of producer
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, Pappenheim recorded for the album 'Poets and Lighthouses' by Tuvan singer
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. She has regularly performed Paul Clark's score 'Here All Night' - a words and music collaboration with Beckett specialists Gare St Lazare - in the UK, Ireland and US.


''Doctor Who''

Pappenheim has garnered critical and popular acclaim for her work on ''Doctor Who'' due to the ethereal vocals she provided for the
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 – which the producers described semi-seriously as "President Flavia (from ''
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'') singing out of the time vortex". As a result, many of the show's fans refer to her as "Flavia". Her vocals on the track "Doomsday" (used in the dénouement of the eponymous episode) caused an influx of emails to the
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about her contribution to the soundtrack. She subsequently appeared on Murray's second soundtrack, composed for the third series of the show and would also return to contribute her vocals to the 2007 Christmas special,
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, the November 2009 Special
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and the 2009 Christmas Special The End of Time. As a contributor to the show's soundtrack, Pappenheim has appeared at two special live concerts to celebrate the music by
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. The first was played at the Millennium Centre in
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in 2006, and the second as part of the
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on 27 July 2008 at the
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in London.


Theatre work

Pappenheim's work in avant-garde theatre has included a memorable appearance as a topless female Christ figure in the 1992
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production ''Strange Fish'', in which she sang while hanging from a full-size crucifix.Meisner, Nadine.
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, retrieved 19 June 2009 She appeared in
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's ''An Anatomie in Four Quarters'' at Wales Millennium Centre (2013) and Lowry Salford (2016).


Work as composer

A composer in her own right, Pappenheim frequently writes music for radio and most recently, theatre. In addition, she also teaches voice.


Discography

* ''
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'' (2004) (with
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) * ''Translucence: a Song Cycle'' - (with
Derek Jarman Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, gardener and gay rights activist. Biography Jarman was born at the Royal Victoria Nursing Home ...
) * ''The Garden'' (1999) - (with
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) * ''Edward II'' (2003) - (with
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) * ''Deluge'' (1997) - (with
Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook (, rhyming with "book"; born 14 February 1960) is an English composer and viola player. She is known for her scores for many films, including ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Wife''. Education Pook gradua ...
) * ''Flood'' (1999) - (with
Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook (, rhyming with "book"; born 14 February 1960) is an English composer and viola player. She is known for her scores for many films, including ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Wife''. Education Pook gradua ...
) * ''Untold Things'' (2001) - (with
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) * ''Eyes Wide Shut: Original Soundtrack'' (1999) * ''Gangs of New York: Original Soundtrack'' (2003) * ''Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack'' (2006) - (with
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) * ''Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack – Series 3'' (2007) - (with Murray Gold) * ''Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack – Series 4'' (2008) - (with Murray Gold) * ''Poets and Lighthouses'' (2010) - (with
Albert Kuvezin Albert Budachievich Kuvezin (Russian: ''Альберт Будачиевич Кувезин'' / Tuvan: ''Күвезин Альберт Будачи оглу'', Küvezin Albert Budachi oglu, , alternatively spelled ''Kögeezin'' (Көгээзин, ) ...
and
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)


Work on ''Doctor Who''

Vocals on: *Composed for Series 1&2 (available on '' Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack'') **" The Doctor's Theme" **"Doomsday" **"Seeking The Doctor" *Composed for Series 3 (available on '' Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3'') **"
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's Theme" **"YANA (Excerpt)" **"The Doctor Forever" *Composed for the "
Voyage of the Damned ''Voyage of the Damned'' is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, and Malcolm McDowell. The story was inspired by actual events conc ...
" and Series 4. (available on '' Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4'') **"Astrid's Theme" *(as part of "Voyage of the Damned Suite") **"Turn Left"


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