Michael Finnissy

This work is classic Chilcott - vibrant, fresh, and great fun. It is an exuberant setting of the well-known carol in which the 'five gold rings' refrain is re-written to appear in an array of guises:...

This is a powerful setting of an Advent prayer from the Mozarabic Liturgy. Emotive chromatic harmonies reinforce the dramatic imagery of the text to create a strong and stirring anthem.

This Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis setting was written for the choirs of two churches in Brighton. It was conceived to be performed by amateur choirs, and achieves this level of accessibility whilst st...

Jubilate is a medium-scale concert work that uses as its text a combination of the ancient words of Psalm 100 and the inspirational poem Prayer by Gerard Manley Hopkins. This is an approachable and de...

Commissioned by Benenden School, Make We Merry is an eight-movement piece which sets texts from the 15th to 19th centuries to a variety of choral textures with a highly characterful accompaniment. A v...

An uplifting and joyful concert setting of four texts exploring man's relationship with the earth. Brimming with energy, the work has a wonderful freshness and vitality. Chilcott selects a range of ev...

For soprano saxophone (or oboe) and percussion (1 player). Kulamen Dilan is evocative of Khurdish love songs, exploring the 'methodology' of folk music, creating a mosaic from tiny motifs of pitch and...

For up to four musicians with (optional) assistant and pre-recorded tape(s). Recent Britain confronts several of the preoccupations of the media in Britain in the late 1990s: immigration, paedophilia...

WAM is an investigation of Mozart - it uses hundreds of slightly altered fragments of, or parodies of, his music - and, instead of assembling them as he might if he were composing, allows them to floa...

Molly-House contains two parallel streams of music. One consists of pages, some in conventional notation, others intentionally lacking determinacy with respect to durations and pitch. The other consis...

For hardanger fiddle, either solo or accompanied by reed-organ and/or piano (live or pre-recorded) and instrumental quartet. The piece is a 'cut-up' of passages quoted from, or composed in imitation o...

Written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Foundress of St John's College, Cambridge, this celebratory setting is jubilant, melodic, and full of lively figuration for both the ch...

The beautiful 13th-century text has become a favourite through Britten's memorable carol. This dramatic setting really gets to the heart of the words with skilful and passionate vocal writing and rich...

Full score and set of parts for John Rutter's All the stars looked down. This touching carol sets a tender text by G. K. Chesterton. Immaculately crafted, it has at its heart another winning melody fr...

This publication makes available separately the two upper voice numbers from Chilcott's larger choral work Singing by Numbers, a celebration of singing in all its various forms. Both songs are calm an...

A reflection on the plainchant 'Assumpta est Maria', this setting tenders a festal feel through its dance-like metre and expansive melismas. The chant is carried through the work, at times presented b...

This work sets late texts by Friederich Holderlin. The fragmentary poems have been edited together to create the text. Gedachtnis-Hymne was premiered in November 2010 by the New London Chamber Choir w...

This work sets late texts by Friederich Holderlin. The fragmentary poems have been edited together to create the text. Gedachtnis-Hymne was premiered in November 2010 by the New London Chamber Choir w...

For two to six groups of instruments en trio. The piece is itself a cabinet of curiosities: musical excerpts from Vigany's time plus material from Hook, Lawes, Mozart, anonymous dance-tunes from mitta...

For soprano, clarinet, and piano. A Beuk o'Newcassel Sangs is the title of a nineteenth-century folk-song collection. Finnissy uses the folk-song texts, with numerous alterations, as a starting point...

Bar, V, Vc, Klav - Sing- und Spielpartitur

For soprano and tape. Same as We is a 'scena', a 'theatrical monologue', rather than a 'song'. Using text from Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Promise of May, it is intended that the piece be both dramatic...

For soprano saxophone (or oboe) and percussion (1 player). Kulamen Dilan is evocative of Khurdish love songs, exploring the 'methodology' of folk music, creating a mosaic from tiny motifs of pitch and...

For up to four musicians with (optional) assistant and pre-recorded tape(s). Recent Britain confronts several of the preoccupations of the media in Britain in the late 1990s: immigration, paedophilia...

For flute, bass clarinet, and piano. WAM is an investigation of Mozart - it uses hundreds of slightly altered fragments of, or parodies of, his music - and, instead of assembling them as he might if h...