Michael Finnissy is an English composer and pianist born in Tulse Hill, London in 1946. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Tulse Hill is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Orchestral Music

Eph-phatha (1989) 2.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-perc-hp-pno-str 13'

Glad Day (1994) 2(or recorders).0.0.0-0.2.0.0-hp(or theorbo)-chamber organ-str (min 4.4.2.2(or bass violins).0) 13'

Plain Harmony (1993) unspecified orchestral ensemble 12'

Red Earth (1988) 3(III=picc).3.0.3-0.3.3.0-2didjeridus-4perc.2timp-2hp-str (min 10.10.8.6.7) 19'

Speak its Name! (1996) 2.2.2.2-2.2.1.0-2vibraphones.timp-harp-¼ tone keyboard-strings (min 8.8.6.6.3) 22'

Chamber & Instrumental Music

Bright Future ignoring Dark Past (2000) violin, cello, piano 3'30"

Ének (1990) solo violin 9'

Greatest Hits of all time (2003) oboe solo, picc.cl-pno-1perc-vla.vlc.cb 13'

In stiller nacht (1990, rev. 1997) Independence Quadrilles (1995) violin, cello, and piano 7' & 5'

Kulamen Dilan (1990) soprano saxophone [or oboe, or any clarinet] and percussion 10'

Mars + Venus (1993) fl.ob.cl.bn-hn.tpt.tbn-perc-pno-2vn.va.vc.cb 15'

Molly-House (2004) unspecified instrumental ensemble (players choose from a set of conventionally, and partially, notated parts alongside 17 'transcribed' Handel arias) variable duration

Nowhere else to go (1989, rev. 2003) fl(+picc).cl(+bcl)-pno-vn.vc-tape 30'

Obrecht Motetten I (1989) fl.cl.bn-tpt.tbn-perc-vn.va.vc 5'

Obrecht Motetten II (1989) mandolin, guitar, and harp 10'

Obrecht Motetten III (1989-93) viola solo or viola with ensemble: fl.cl.bn-2tpt.tbn-mandolin.gtr-hp 5'

Obrecht Motetten IV (1990) brass quintet 14'

Obrecht Motetten V (1992) fl(+picc).3ssax-hn.3tpt.3tbn-pno-cb 18'

Plain Harmony (1993) string quartet 8'

Post-Christian Survival Kit (2005) unspecified instruments or instrumental components, unspecified percussion, physical actions which inadvertently produce a sound c. 10'

Recent Britain (1998) clarinet, bassoon, cello, and piano 25' on sale 0-19-356450-5

Seterjentens fridag (2003) hardanger fiddle or violin (either solo or with accompaniment for reed organ and piano, or either one (live or pre-recorded) and instrumental quartet) 7'

Traum des Sängers (1994) clarinet, guitar, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and double bass 13'

Two Scenes from "Shameful Vice" (1995) solo harp 6' not yet published

Various Nations (1992) narrator and chamber ensemble: fl(+picc).cl-hn-perc-gtr-vn.vc 10'

WAM (1991) piano and two unspecified treble instruments 15'

Keyboard Music

Collected Shorter Piano Pieces Volume 1 solo piano Mazurka Op 142 No 2 - Two Pasodobles - Autumnall - Freightrain Bruise - Kemp’s Morris - Short but... - GFH - BS - Taja - Lylyly li - Pimmel - Strauss-Walzer

Collected Shorter Piano Pieces Volume 2 solo piano Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man - Romeo and Juliet are Drowning - Mazurka Op 142 No 1- Vieux Noël - Svatovac - Terekkeme - Australian Sea Shanties (Second Set) - William Billings - Liz - Rossini - John Cage - There never was such hard times before - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sind - Cibavit eos - Cozy Fanny’s Tootsies - My love is like a red, red, rose - De toutes flours - How Dear to Me - Stanley Stokes, East Street 1836 – Note on Stanley Stokes - Sometimes I... – French Piano - New Perspectives on Old Complexity - ...desde que naçe... – Yvaroperas 1-4

Folklore (1993-4) solo piano I: 12', II: 25', III: 20', IV: 16'

Gershwin Arrangements (1975-88) based on melodies by George Gershwin solo piano How long has this been going on? - Things are looking up - A foggy day in London town - Love is here to stay - They can’t take that away from me - Shall we dance? - They’re writing songs of love, but not for me - Fidgety feet - Embraceable you - Waiting for the sun to come out - Innocent ingenue baby - Blah, blah, blah - Boy wanted score on sale 0-19-372639-4 for copyright reasons, this score is not available for sale or performance in the USA

The History of Photography in Sound (1995-2001)

1. Le démon de l'analogie 25' 2. Le réveil de l'intraitable réalité 15' 3. North American Spirituals 20' 4. My parents' generation thought War meant something 40' 5. Alkan - Paganini 12' 6. Seventeen Immortal Homosexual Poets 40' 7. Eadweard Muybridge - Edvard Munch 25' 8. Kapitalistisch Realisme (met Sizilianische Männerakte en Bachsche Nachdichtungen) 75' 9. Wachtend op de volgende uitbarsting van repressie en censuur 12' 10. Unsere Afrikareise 30' 11. Etched bright with sunlight 25' piano solo c. 320'

Tangos (1962-99) a collection of 23 short pieces solo piano 25 minutes

Wee Saw Footprints (1990) nine short easy teaching pieces with a supplement solo piano 15'

Stage Works

Shameful Vice (1994) 3 sopranos, tenor, baritone, bass 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets, harp, guitar, 2 violins, and double bass text by the composer, based on the last days of Tchaikovsky’s life 40'

Thérèse Raquin (1992-3) soprano, mezzo-soprano, counter-tenor, baritone, and piano stage work based on the novel and play by Emile Zola 90'

The Undivine Comedy (1986-8) soprano, counter-tenor, tenor, 2 baritones 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 percussion, violin, viola, and cello stage work based on the play by Zygmunt Krasinski 110'

External Links

• Oxford University Press: Finnissy