reaction video channel with patreon of me & matt douglas listening to e.g. michael finnissy but reacting emotionally & from the gut ala twins the new trend
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtd...
Michael Finnissy - Alongside for Ensemble (1979) [Score-Video]
YouTube video by George N. Gianopoulos, composer
www.youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
reaction video channel with patreon of me & matt douglas listening to e.g. michael finnissy but reacting emotionally & from the gut ala twins the new trend
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtd...
Out today. Many thanks to Michael Finnissy for agreeing to this.
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
An Interview with Michael Finnissy
Michael Finnissy (born in London on 17 March 1946) is one of our foremost living composers of art music. He is also gay, but his sexual orientation is just one aspect of his character, and he resis...
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Out today. Many thanks to Michael Finnissy for agreeing to this.
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
Finnissy @ 80: pianist Rob Hao performs three recent works by Michael Finnissy, exploring folk song, musical history and Chopin in a programme celebrating one of Britain’s most significant composers.
📅 24 Nov, 1pm |📍 St Paul’s Hall |🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/rob-hao-finnissy-80/
📅 24 Nov, 1pm |📍 St Paul’s Hall |🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/rob-hao-finnissy-80/
September 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Finnissy @ 80: pianist Rob Hao performs three recent works by Michael Finnissy, exploring folk song, musical history and Chopin in a programme celebrating one of Britain’s most significant composers.
📅 24 Nov, 1pm |📍 St Paul’s Hall |🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/rob-hao-finnissy-80/
📅 24 Nov, 1pm |📍 St Paul’s Hall |🎟️ hcmf.co.uk/programme/rob-hao-finnissy-80/
Lotte Betts-Dean weaving some Finnissy magic: m.youtube.com/watch?v=VuUY...
Michael Finnissy: Blessed be I performed by Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo soprano
YouTube video by divineartrecords
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Lotte Betts-Dean weaving some Finnissy magic: m.youtube.com/watch?v=VuUY...
Furrer sure, I Gann understand that. I might be a bit too Finnissy about puns (if that's not Beglarianly obvious)
September 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Furrer sure, I Gann understand that. I might be a bit too Finnissy about puns (if that's not Beglarianly obvious)
The Royal College of Music is delighted to announce esteemed composers Michael Finnissy, Colin Matthews, Errollyn Wallen and Judith Weir as International Visiting Artists!
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-comp-iva
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-comp-iva
September 24, 2026 at 9:03 AM
The Royal College of Music is delighted to announce esteemed composers Michael Finnissy, Colin Matthews, Errollyn Wallen and Judith Weir as International Visiting Artists!
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-comp-iva
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-comp-iva
Michael Finnissy (b. 1946):
Red Earth, for large orchestra (1988)
youtu.be/C7XHDQjUg5U
#QueerTuesday #ClassicalMusic #ModernClassicalMusic #20thCenturyMusic
Red Earth, for large orchestra (1988)
youtu.be/C7XHDQjUg5U
#QueerTuesday #ClassicalMusic #ModernClassicalMusic #20thCenturyMusic
Michael Finnissy - Red Earth (Audio + Full Score)
YouTube video by Ryan Power
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Michael Finnissy (b. 1946):
Red Earth, for large orchestra (1988)
youtu.be/C7XHDQjUg5U
#QueerTuesday #ClassicalMusic #ModernClassicalMusic #20thCenturyMusic
Red Earth, for large orchestra (1988)
youtu.be/C7XHDQjUg5U
#QueerTuesday #ClassicalMusic #ModernClassicalMusic #20thCenturyMusic
Born #OTD in 1946, the English composer, pianist & teacher, Michael Finnissy. His orchestral work, Red Earth, was premiered at 1988 BBC Proms by the BBC SO & Lothar Zagrosek. Recorded by same orchestra & Martyn Brabbins for @nmcrecordings.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/track/1TMMOG... #britsymphyear
Red Earth
Michael Finnissy, Barry Webb, Christopher Redgate, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins · Finnissy: Red Earth · Song · 2012
open.spotify.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Born #OTD in 1946, the English composer, pianist & teacher, Michael Finnissy. His orchestral work, Red Earth, was premiered at 1988 BBC Proms by the BBC SO & Lothar Zagrosek. Recorded by same orchestra & Martyn Brabbins for @nmcrecordings.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/track/1TMMOG... #britsymphyear
grown-up music has entered the chat
April 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM
grown-up music has entered the chat
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#mankind ... needed a remix in 2020, but could use more of it? hereby a friendly solo composed in a silent time by Michael Finnissy, very nice person, intriguing music
#bassethorn
youtu.be/zjsyR276DAQ?...
#bassethorn
youtu.be/zjsyR276DAQ?...
Finnissy: Mankind Remix
YouTube video by Fie Schouten
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#mankind ... needed a remix in 2020, but could use more of it? hereby a friendly solo composed in a silent time by Michael Finnissy, very nice person, intriguing music
#bassethorn
youtu.be/zjsyR276DAQ?...
#bassethorn
youtu.be/zjsyR276DAQ?...
.@ianpace.bsky.social offers a heartfelt tribute to Michael Finnissy at 80 on Gramophone today: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/content/blogs/a-tribute-to-michael-finnissy-at-80
March 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
.@ianpace.bsky.social offers a heartfelt tribute to Michael Finnissy at 80 on Gramophone today: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/content/blogs/a-tribute-to-michael-finnissy-at-80
Hey Skywalkers!
On the Seventh Day of Altmetric Christmas
Highest scoring item featuring Seven Swans A-Swimming is this chapter from Critical Perspectives on Michael Finnissy.
www.altmetric.com/de...
Fulltext search via Google Books
On the Seventh Day of Altmetric Christmas
Highest scoring item featuring Seven Swans A-Swimming is this chapter from Critical Perspectives on Michael Finnissy.
www.altmetric.com/de...
Fulltext search via Google Books
December 31, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Hey Skywalkers!
On the Seventh Day of Altmetric Christmas
Highest scoring item featuring Seven Swans A-Swimming is this chapter from Critical Perspectives on Michael Finnissy.
www.altmetric.com/de...
Fulltext search via Google Books
On the Seventh Day of Altmetric Christmas
Highest scoring item featuring Seven Swans A-Swimming is this chapter from Critical Perspectives on Michael Finnissy.
www.altmetric.com/de...
Fulltext search via Google Books
In the blissfully cool St Mary at Hill for tonight’s Music We’d Like To Hear: Finnissy, Feldman and more
July 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
In the blissfully cool St Mary at Hill for tonight’s Music We’d Like To Hear: Finnissy, Feldman and more
We were thrilled to see 3 excellent reviews of VMF-supported recordings in this month's Gramophone Magazine:
🎶 Finnissy and the Guitar, Complete Works - Michael Finnissy
🎶 Album Z - Zoë Martlew
🎶 TOMB! - Laurence Osborn
Bravo all 👏
🎶 Finnissy and the Guitar, Complete Works - Michael Finnissy
🎶 Album Z - Zoë Martlew
🎶 TOMB! - Laurence Osborn
Bravo all 👏
March 31, 2026 at 11:53 AM
We were thrilled to see 3 excellent reviews of VMF-supported recordings in this month's Gramophone Magazine:
🎶 Finnissy and the Guitar, Complete Works - Michael Finnissy
🎶 Album Z - Zoë Martlew
🎶 TOMB! - Laurence Osborn
Bravo all 👏
🎶 Finnissy and the Guitar, Complete Works - Michael Finnissy
🎶 Album Z - Zoë Martlew
🎶 TOMB! - Laurence Osborn
Bravo all 👏
Well, on the upside Michael Finnissy wrote 36 Verdi Transcriptions.
On the downside, heeding the warning in "Ya Got Trouble" in "The Music Man", pretty soon you'll be humming Vivaldi, then Telemann, then Lehar, & you're on an inevitable downwards spiral to humming from 42 Easy Listening Favourites.
On the downside, heeding the warning in "Ya Got Trouble" in "The Music Man", pretty soon you'll be humming Vivaldi, then Telemann, then Lehar, & you're on an inevitable downwards spiral to humming from 42 Easy Listening Favourites.
September 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Well, on the upside Michael Finnissy wrote 36 Verdi Transcriptions.
On the downside, heeding the warning in "Ya Got Trouble" in "The Music Man", pretty soon you'll be humming Vivaldi, then Telemann, then Lehar, & you're on an inevitable downwards spiral to humming from 42 Easy Listening Favourites.
On the downside, heeding the warning in "Ya Got Trouble" in "The Music Man", pretty soon you'll be humming Vivaldi, then Telemann, then Lehar, & you're on an inevitable downwards spiral to humming from 42 Easy Listening Favourites.
Online premiere, tonight!
My birthday gift to Michael Finnissy, featuring FIFTY-THREE pianists!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mq1...
My birthday gift to Michael Finnissy, featuring FIFTY-THREE pianists!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mq1...
June 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Online premiere, tonight!
My birthday gift to Michael Finnissy, featuring FIFTY-THREE pianists!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mq1...
My birthday gift to Michael Finnissy, featuring FIFTY-THREE pianists!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mq1...
Explore the life, work and Political Agendas of Michael Finnissy as he celebrates his 80th birthday.
Read the full profile by Tim Rutherford-Johnson here: hcmf.co.uk/timeless-age...
Read the full profile by Tim Rutherford-Johnson here: hcmf.co.uk/timeless-age...
September 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Explore the life, work and Political Agendas of Michael Finnissy as he celebrates his 80th birthday.
Read the full profile by Tim Rutherford-Johnson here: hcmf.co.uk/timeless-age...
Read the full profile by Tim Rutherford-Johnson here: hcmf.co.uk/timeless-age...
I don’t do this streaming thing myself but a friend has sighted it in the wild
June 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I don’t do this streaming thing myself but a friend has sighted it in the wild
Michael Finnissy: Organ Works | Listen Now
listn.fm
September 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today, Métier presents a “monumental” (The Wire) 4-disc box set from pianist Ian Pace in commanding performances of music by composer Michael Finnissy (b. 1946). On all platforms today at https://listn.fm/finnissypiano
September 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today, Métier presents a “monumental” (The Wire) 4-disc box set from pianist Ian Pace in commanding performances of music by composer Michael Finnissy (b. 1946). On all platforms today at https://listn.fm/finnissypiano
recent artistic interests:
richard serra
harry callahan
agnes martin
michael pisaro
eva maria houben
laurence crane
michael finnissy
taillleferre
ars subtilior and ars nova
spectralism
darmstadt 50-70
richard serra
harry callahan
agnes martin
michael pisaro
eva maria houben
laurence crane
michael finnissy
taillleferre
ars subtilior and ars nova
spectralism
darmstadt 50-70
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
recent artistic interests:
richard serra
harry callahan
agnes martin
michael pisaro
eva maria houben
laurence crane
michael finnissy
taillleferre
ars subtilior and ars nova
spectralism
darmstadt 50-70
richard serra
harry callahan
agnes martin
michael pisaro
eva maria houben
laurence crane
michael finnissy
taillleferre
ars subtilior and ars nova
spectralism
darmstadt 50-70
Two of my favourite musicians, Michael Finnissy and Pat Thomas, side by side, on this week's show www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
New Music Show - Anna Meredith's Bumps Per Minute - BBC Sounds
Cutting-edge and experimental new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Two of my favourite musicians, Michael Finnissy and Pat Thomas, side by side, on this week's show www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Enjoying new Michael Finnissy piano box set from @ianpace.bsky.social - there’s a lot of emotional & pianistic variety in the pieces @first-inversion.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Enjoying new Michael Finnissy piano box set from @ianpace.bsky.social - there’s a lot of emotional & pianistic variety in the pieces @first-inversion.com
Mayotte Magnus’s portrait of Elisabeth Lutyens is in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Michael Finnissy is performing Lutyens’ Bagatelles at the Grand in Folkestone (where Mayotte Magnus lives)
7.30pm Thursday 13 November
The Grand, Folkestone
Michael Finnissy is performing Lutyens’ Bagatelles at the Grand in Folkestone (where Mayotte Magnus lives)
7.30pm Thursday 13 November
The Grand, Folkestone
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Mayotte Magnus’s portrait of Elisabeth Lutyens is in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Michael Finnissy is performing Lutyens’ Bagatelles at the Grand in Folkestone (where Mayotte Magnus lives)
7.30pm Thursday 13 November
The Grand, Folkestone
Michael Finnissy is performing Lutyens’ Bagatelles at the Grand in Folkestone (where Mayotte Magnus lives)
7.30pm Thursday 13 November
The Grand, Folkestone