Gerald Finzi’s Cello Concerto was his last completed work, first performed in 1955, a year before his death. It is also by a long way his most substantial orchestral score – Paul Watkins’ performance ...

In parallel with his series of discs of British clarinet sonatas for Chandos, Michael Collins is also working his way through the home-grown concertos for his instrument. A first volume included works ...

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Gerald (Raphael) Finzi, Composer BBC Symphony Orchestra Paul Watkins, Cello Andrew Davis, Conductor Eclogue Gerald (Raphael) Finzi, Composer Louis Lortie, Piano BBC ...

The cello concerto that Gerald Finzi completed in 1955 is one of those Cinderella works that only rarely get the chance of a night out. But this performance by Robert Cohen in the Royal Philharmonic ...

Concerto for Clarinet and Strings Michael Collins, Clarinet Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Collins’s second recording of Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto (Chandos, 1/13), where he also directed the BBC ...

After battling a career-threatening illness, Ma Yue – Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s (SSO) long-serving principal clarinettist of over 32 years – made a stunning recovery to give a rare performance of ...

The music of Finzi is underrated and fully deserving of further exploration, says Jane Jones. The death of Finzi’s first music teacher Ernest Farrar in the First World War affected him deeply, as did ...

Gerald Finzi's Clarinet Concerto alternates between elegiac reflection and unhurried ecstasy. We'll hear a concert performance by clarinetist Laura Ardan and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Hans Vonk ...

Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music. Finzi's Clarinet Concerto. Frances is joined by acclaimed clarinettist Emma Johnson.

Gerald Raphael Finzi (1901-1956) was an English composer, whose popularity has increased considerably in the years since his death. Born on 14th July 1901 in London, the son of an Italian Jewish ...