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Ensemble Isis | Michael Finnissy

Ensemble Isis
07 November 2025 18:00
JdP Music Building, St Hilda's
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£25 / £10 students (FREE FOR MUSIC STUDENTS)

Ensemble Isis

18:00 Michael Finnissy in conversation with Prof. 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 eightieth birthday year. In his 6pm <speaks> 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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