Interview between Ian Pace and Michael Finnissy on English Country Tunes, February 2009

The following is an interview I did with composer Michael Finnissy just before a performance I gave of his notorious piano cycle English Country-Tunes in February 2009, connected to a Finnissy festival organised jointly between Plymouth University and Dartington College. It was published in the journal Notations, Volume 1: Music and Evolution (February 2009).

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2 Comments on “Interview between Ian Pace and Michael Finnissy on English Country Tunes, February 2009”

  1. […] Interview between Ian Pace and Michael Finnissy on English Country Tunes, February 2009 (3/12/14) […]

  2. […] Tunes, is that of an underlying violence, both above and beneath the surface of the scores. In an interview with Pace in 2009, the composer spoke of witnessing the 1977 Lewisham riots as he worked on Country […]


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