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    Michael Finnissy – Dust (World Première)

    by 5:4 February 16, 2016 • 19:06
    February 16, 2016 • 19:06

    Perhaps the key recurring characteristic of Michael Finnissy‘s music is an engagement with existing musical ideas, embracing (and that’s exactly the right word) folk and popular idioms. This engagement is nothing less than an audible wrangling with it from root to tip, as though Finnissy were handling it like plasticine, …

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    Michael Finnissy – Wild Flowers

    by 5:4 February 13, 2016 • 12:51
    February 13, 2016 • 12:51

    Michael Finnissy‘s musical output is dominated by his works for piano, which to date number around 200, most for solo piano plus others for piano duet and two pianos. For many people, Finnissy’s most well-known work continues to be his first great piano cycle English Country Tunes, a 40-minute, eight-movement …

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    Michael Finnissy – n

    by 5:4 February 10, 2016 • 10:43
    February 10, 2016 • 10:43

    In a little over a month’s time, it will be the 70th birthday of British composer Michael Finnissy, and so this year’s 5:4 Lent Series is dedicated to a celebratory exploration of some of his work. Despite his pre-eminence in many compositional circles, Finnissy remains a distinctly neglected figure, rarely …

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    Proms 2015: the premières – how you voted

    by 5:4 September 27, 2015 • 18:05
    September 27, 2015 • 18:05

    Many thanks for all of your votes on this year’s Proms premières. Having closed the polls yesterday, i’ve crunched the numbers a few different ways and here’s a summary of what you, my esteemed readers, had to say about this year’s offerings.

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    Proms 2015: Michael Finnissy – Janne (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 18, 2015 • 17:27
    August 18, 2015 • 17:27

    Three years ago i remarked how the performance of Michael Finnissy‘s Piano Concerto No. 2 was only the composer’s second appearance at the Proms, opining that “one can only hope he will be much better represented in years to come; he is truly one of our best”. It’s therefore wonderful …

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    HCMF 2014: Shorts, Feldman’s Pianos, asamisimasa

    by 5:4 November 26, 2014 • 00:42
    November 26, 2014 • 00:42

    Yesterday was HCMF’s annual day of ‘Shorts’, concerts of between 20 and 40 minutes, affording the opportunity to hear an exceptionally diverse range of music. Taken as a whole, it’s a cross between an Aladdin’s cave and one of those machines with the grappling hook that you find in amusement …

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    HCMF 2014: Lohengrin, Philip Thomas, Aurora Orchestra

    by 5:4 November 22, 2014 • 16:40
    November 22, 2014 • 16:40

    Not that the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival needs to reinforce its cutting edge credentials, but if it did, featuring Salvatore Sciarrino‘s Lohengrin on the opening night would certainly do it. The piece is cast in a single act—but an act of what? this is the question that pervades the work …

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    Mixtape #29 : Best Albums of 2013

    by 5:4 January 1, 2014 • 15:41
    January 1, 2014 • 15:41

    A very HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all! i want to say a big thank you to everyone who’s followed 5:4 in the last year, and especially to those of you who’ve posted comments and tweets in response. There are lots of exciting things planned for 2014, so watch this space. In …

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    Best Albums of 2013 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 December 31, 2013 • 11:21
    December 31, 2013 • 11:21

    * Please note this list has how been superseded by the one on the Best Albums of the Years page * Bringing 2013 to an end, here’s the final part of the best albums of the year. Go on, give your ears a treat, they deserve it.

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    Proms 2012: the premières – how you voted

    by 5:4 September 23, 2012 • 15:02
    September 23, 2012 • 15:02

    Two weeks have passed since the Proms 2012 season came to an end, so today i’ve closed the polls for each of the works premièred this year. This was the first year that i included polls, and in total 615 votes were cast; thanks to all of you who took …

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    Proms 2012: Michael Finnissy – Piano Concerto No. 2, Harrison Birtwistle – Gigue Machine (UK Premières) & Brian Elias – Electra Mourns (World Première)

    by 5:4 August 19, 2012 • 16:31
    August 19, 2012 • 16:31

    Last weekend’s Proms Matinee, given by the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Clark Rundell, was the concert i had been most eagerly awaiting in this year’s season, featuring as it did some of my favourite composers and three premières. Back in April i opined that this concert “may just turn out to …

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    Mixtape #6 : Piano

    by 5:4 May 31, 2008 • 07:48
    May 31, 2008 • 07:48

    For years, the piano has been to me an object of fascination and awe; its range of capabilities, expressive potential and timbral variety are breathtaking. Also for years, these qualities were the very things preventing me from attempting to compose something for it. Listening to piano music is a supreme …

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