6pm Michael Finnissy in conversation with Prof. Martyn Harry
7.30pm 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, for this new music festival to celebrate his work in the lead-up to the composer’s eightieth 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.

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