Michael Finnissy
Born: 17th March 1946, London, England
Nationality: English
Michael Peter Finnissy is an English composer, pianist, and pedagogue. An immensely prolific composer, his music is "notable for its dramatic urgency and expressive immediacy".
Although he rejects the label, he is often regarded as one of the foremost composers of the New Complexity movement.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finnissy
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Contemporary Music Round-Up - Spring 2026
5th May 2026
In our latest round-up of contemporary music releases, Ben celebrates Michael Finnissy's eightieth birthday and explores albums devoted to the music of Huw Watkins, Unsuk Chin, John Casken, Augusta Read Thomas and Morton Feldman.
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Michael Finnissy at 80
17th Mar 2026
On his eightieth birthday, the English composer talks to our contemporary music guest-contributor about his student days at the Royal College of Music, drawing inspiration from country hedgerows, and why he's 'still amazed by Verdi'...
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Popular Works: Finnissy
- À propos de Nice (2)
- Amphithéâtre des sciences mortes (2)
- Ave regina coelorum (2)
- Âwâz-e Niyâz (2)
- Ceci n’est pas une forme (2)
- Delal (3)
- English Country Tunes (2)
- Free Setting (2)
- Freighttrain Bruise (3)
- Gershwin Arrangements (3)
- Grieg-Quintettsatz (2)
- How dear to me (3)
- Jive (2)
- Keroiylu (2)
- Kulamen Dilan (2)
- Lost Lands (2)
- Mississippi Hornpipes (3)
- Molly House (2)
- Moon's goin' down (2)
- More Gershwin (3)
- Outside Fort Tregantle (2)
- Piano Concerto No. 4 (2)
- Poor Stuff (2)
- Red Earth (3)
- Runnin' wild (3)
- Salomé (2)
- Second String Quartet (3)
- Seterjentens Fridag (2)
- Snowdrift (3)
- Song 15 (2)
- Stanley Stokes, East Street 1836 (3)
- Strauss-Walzer (2)
- Telling (3)
- The History of Photography in Sound (5)
- This Church (2)
- To & Fro (2)
- Ulpirra (2)
- Unknown Ground (2)
- Verdi Transcriptions (2)
- Violin Sonata (2)
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Luke Bond (organ) St George's Chapel Choir Windsor, James Vivian
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Christmas Choice
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Sinner, Don't Let This Harvest Pass
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