Ensemble Isis | Michael Finnissy

18:00 Michael Finnissy in conversation with Professor Martyn Harry
19:30 concert presented in association with the Music Faculty

Leandro Landolina, alto flute
Ewan Millar, oboe
John Traill, conductor

Michael Finnissy
Câtana (1984) for nine musicians; First sign a sharp white moon, as if the cause of snow (1968-75) for solo alto flute; alongside new works by Oxford student composers.

It is a huge pleasure to welcome one of Britain’s greatest living composers, Michael Finnissy, to celebrate his work in the lead-up to the composer’s 80th birthday year. In his 6pm talk, Michael discusses the aesthetic and technical ideas that helped form his work, and introduces a key early work, Two Cut-ups of Three Fantasias by Alonso Mudarra (1966-67) played by Thomas Bruges (solo guitar). The following concert features Câtana, based on Romanian folk music, alongside pieces by Oxford student composers chosen for this concert.