Gerald Finzi
Born: 14th July 1901, London, England
Died: 27th September 1956, Oxford, England
Nationality: English
Gerald Raphael Finzi was an English composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata Dies natalis for solo voice and string orchestra, and his concertos for cello and clarinet.
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Nick Pritchard and Ian Tindale on Gerald Finzi
23rd Sep 2026
Ahead of the seventieth anniversary of Finzi's death this weekend, the tenor and pianist discuss their new album including world premiere recordings of five unpublished early songs discovered in the Bodleian Library.
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Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
22nd Jul 2026
The life and works of the great English composer Gerald Finzi - born in London but profoundly associated with the countryside of Southern England, and known for his nostalgia-tinged vocal and choral music.
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Popular Works: Finzi
- A Severn Rhapsody, Op. 3 (5)
- A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14 (10)
- Before and After Summer, Op. 16 (6)
- Cello Concerto, Op. 40 (12)
- Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31 (25)
- Dies natalis, Op. 8 (21)
- Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15 (12)
- Eclogue, Op. 10 (26)
- Elegy, Op. 22 (4)
- Fall of the Leaf (5)
- Farewell to Arms for Tenor and small Orchestra (5)
- Fear No More The Heat O’ The Sun (No. 3 from Let us garlands bring, Op. 18) (4)
- Five Bagatelles for clarinet & piano, Op. 23 (29)
- For St Cecilia, Op. 30 (5)
- God is gone up, Op. 27 No. 2 (30)
- Grand Fantasia and Toccata, Op. 38 (5)
- Haste on, my joys! (No. 6 from Seven Partsongs - Poems by Robert Bridges, Op. 17) (5)
- I Said to Love, Op. 19b (7)
- In terra pax, Op. 39 (6)
- Interlude for oboe and string quartet, Op. 21 (6)
- Intimations of Immortality, Op. 29 (6)
- Introit for Solo Violin and Small Orchestra in F major, Op. 6 (6)
- Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 (33)
- Let us now praise famous men, Op. 35 (5)
- Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26 (31)
- Love's Labours Lost, suite for small orchestra, Op 28 (3)
- Magnificat, Op. 36 (14)
- My lovely one, Op. 27 No. 1 (7)
- Nocturne (New Year Music) (5)
- Oh Fair to See, Op. 13 (13)
- Prelude for string orchestra, Op. 25 (15)
- Romance for string orchestra, Op. 11 (27)
- Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, Op. 17 (8)
- Since we loved (7)
- The sigh (5)
- Till Earth Outwears, Op. 19 (9)
- To a Poet, Op. 13a (6)
- Two Sonnets by John Milton for Tenor and small Orchestra (4)
- Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, Op. 27 No. 3 (6)
- White-flowering days Op. 37 (4)
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New. Finzi: Requiem da camera & Other Choral Works
Hilary Cronin (soprano), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass-baritone), Augustine Cox, Thomas Simpson (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Steven Grahl
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Finzi: Cello Concerto, Op. 40
Paul Watkins (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Finzi: Choral works
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto & Cello Concerto
John Denman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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New. Finzi: Requiem da camera & Other Choral Works
Hilary Cronin (soprano), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass-baritone), Augustine Cox, Thomas Simpson (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Steven Grahl
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New. English Anthems, Hymns & Laments from Cambridge
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Timothy Brown
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Lucy Farrimond, Jack Redman, Samuel Kane, Alisa Burns, Peter Whitehead, Chloe Chen
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New. In the Heat of Classics
Thomas Adès (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Terry Wey (countertenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Marcel Reyans (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Samuel Ramey (baritone), Dong Hyek Lim (piano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Hans Hotter (baritone), Vilde Frang (violin), Hélène Grimaud (piano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Antoine Palloc (piano), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute), Stéphane Grappelli (violin), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Jack Sewing (double bass), Marc Fosset (guitar), Martin Taylor (guitar), Christian Ivaldi (piano), Michel Debost (flute), Monique Rollin (zither), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Nathan Berg (baritone), James Morris (bass-baritone), Dan Dressen (tenor), Peter Barkworth (narrator), Lesley Garrett (vocals), Michael Ball (vocals), Dalal (piano), Angela Maria Blasi (soprano), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Giuseppe Taddei (baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Jean-François Heisser (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Sarah Chang (violin), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Martha Argerich (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Peter Sadlo (percussion), Biao Li (percussion), Claudio Estay (percussion), Philipp Jungk (percussion), Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Anne Fournet (narrator), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Philharmonia Orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, Kammersensemble de Paris, Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Orchestre de Paris, Il Pomo d'Oro, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Il Giardino d'Amore Choir, Il Giardino d'Amore, Opéra National de Lyon, London Classical Players, Orchestre National de France, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Sinfonietta, Staatskapelle Dresden, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sextuor Jeanne Loriod, Concentus musicus Wien, English Chamber Orchestra, Brentano Quartet, BBC Concert Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Wiener Symphoniker, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Estonian State Academic Choir, Helsinki University Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Tiffin Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Robert Irving, William Christie, Armin Jordan, John Nelson, Evgeny Svetlanov, Stephen Stubbs, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Alexandre Desplat, Maxim Emelyanychev, Thomas Dausgaard, André Previn, Ton Koopman, Kent Nagano, Stefan Plewniak, Louis Langrée, Sir Roger Norrington, Didier Benetti, Philip Ledger, Sir Charles Groves, Vernon Handley, Robin Ticciati, Bernard Haitink, Gregor Bühl, Jonathan Tunick, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Marius Constant, Sir Neville Marriner, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Jeanne Loriod, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Carlo Maria Giulini, Philip Brunelle, Michel Legrand, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Andrew Davis, Herbert von Karajan, Libor Pešek, Otto Klemperer, Jean Martinon, Paavo Berglund, André Cluytens, Daniel Barenboim
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