Strauss-Walzer
rev. 1989
Michael Finnissy
17.03.1946, London
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Information: www.michaelfinnissy.info
Editions: Edition Modern, OUP, United Music Publishers, Universal
source & date: oxfordmusiconline (nov 2016); www.michaelfinnissy.info (sep 2018)
Piano solo
Song No.8
Romeo and Juliet are Drowning
rev. 1973
Song no.5
1966-1967
Song No. 9
Song No. 6
rev. 1996
Song No.7
1968-1969
Autumnall
1968-1971
Freightrain Bruise (rev- 1980)
Snowdrift
Ives
Jazz
English Country-Tunes (rev. 1982-1985)
3 Dukes Went A-Riding (rev. 1996)
All.Fall.Down
We'll get there someday
To and Fro (rev. 1995)
Kemp's Morris
Short but...,
Grainger
Fast Dances, Slow Dances
1978-1979
Boogie-Woogie (rev. 1981, 1985, 1996
Nancarrow
1979-1980
White Rain
Free sitting (rev. 1995)
Reels
Pf Concerto no.6
1980-1981
Liz
1980-1981
Australian Sea Shanties, Set 2
Hikkai
1982-1983
Taja
G.F.H./B.S.
1985-1986
Gershwin Arrangements
1975-1988
Stanley Stokes, East Street 1836
rev. 1994
Pimmel
1988-1989
Lylyly li
1988-1989
William Billings
Two of us
Sometimes I ...
New Perspectives on Old Complexity
rev. 1992
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
De toutes fleurs
Can't help loving that Dat Man
More Gershwin
1989-1990
We saw footprints
1986-1990
Willow Willow
Vanèn
Rossini
How dear to me
French Piano
Cibavit eos
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sind
A solis ortus cardine
9 Romantics
John John
Cozy Fanny's Tootsies
...desde que naçe
What the meadow-flowers tell me'
Elephant
The larger heart, the kindlier hand
1993-1994
Folklore, I-IV
1993-1994
Ethel Smyth
Yvaroperas
1993-1995
Gheorgi Tutev
Violet, Slinsgby, Guy and Lionel
1994-1996
Unsere Afrikareise
23 Tangos
1968-1998
Verdi Transcriptions (4 books)
1974-2005
First Political Agenda
1989-2006
Piano Concertos
Piano Concerto no.4
1978-1980; rev. 1996
Piano concerto No. 1
1975-1984; For solo piano and orchestra; UA: 6.12.96, Royal College of Music, London. Ian Pace / piano, 20th Century Ensemble, direction: Edwin Roxburgh; duration: 15'
Piano Duos / Several Pianos
Wild Flowers (2 pf)
His voice/was/then/here waiting (2pf)
Eighteenth-Century Novels (Fanny Hill)
For 2 pianos; duration: 20'
Deux jeunes se promènent à travers le ciel
For 2 pianos; duration: 3'
Zortziko (pf 4hds)
Stille Thränen (pf 4hds)
Fem ukarakteristisek marsjer med tre tilføyde trioer (2pf)
2008-2009
Piano Trios (pf, vl, vc)
Bright Future ignoring Dark Past
Duration: 3'
Independence Quadrilles
1982-1995; for piano trio: piano, violin, cello; duration: 8'
In Stiller Nacht
‘To Amelia and Barry Mills.’ ; 1990-1997; for piano trio: piano, violin, cello; UA: 18.11.97, Royal Academy of Music, London. Manson Ensemble. Based on Brahms’ folk-song arrangement of the same name; duration: 9'
Un chant d’amour par JEAN GENET
1999-2000; duration: 26'
Bright Future ignoring Dark Past
1999-2000; duration: 4'
Necessary and more detailed thinking
Duration: 3'
’k zal u
Duration: 4'
Á propos de Nice
2001-2002; duration: 24'
June
Duration: 4'
Possession (du condamné)
Duration: 10'
Second Political Agenda pf duet
2000–08: 1. ERIK SATIE like anyone else 2. Mit Arnold Schoenberg 3. SKRYABIN in itself; Deux jeunes se prominent à travers le ciel 1929,
Chamber Music with Piano
Cantet nunc aula caelitum
Title: ‘Sing we now all our praises’; for flute and piano
Quem Pastores Laudavere
Title: ‘While shepherds gave praise’; 1962-1966; for flute(piccolo), oboe and piano
Greatest hits of all time
For oboe solo, piccolo, clarinet, piano, 1 percussion, viola, cello, bass; duration: 13'
WAM (New)
For flute, bass clarinet and piano; duration: 15'
Song 4
For 2 solo pianos; 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 bassoons; 2 trumpets and 3 cellos; UA: 7.9.69, Gaudeamus Festival, Hilversum, Netherlands. Maarten Bon and Michael Finnissy / piano; , Netherlands Radio CO, direction: Francis Travis; duration: 4'
As when upon a tranced summer night
1966-1968; for 2 percussions, 3 cellos and piano; UA: 2.11.78, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, Park Lane Music Players, direction: Lionel Friend
Song 10
For piccolo, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, contrabass, electronic organ, and piano; UA:4.6.81 Lisbon, Portugal. Gulbenkian Festival Orchestra, direction: Alvaro Salazar; duration: 4'
Lost Lands
‘For Klaus Ager and the Oesterreichische Ensemble.’ ; for E-flat clarinette; sopran saxophone; guitar, violin and piano; UA: 13.10.77, Graz, Austria. Oesterreichische Ensemble, direction: Klaus Ager; duration: 20'
Alongside
For orchestra with percussion and piano; UA: 19.2.80, St John’s Smith Square, London, London Sinfonietta, direction: Roland Zollman; duration: 19'
Jiseï
Title: (Japanese) - ‘Aerial spirit’; for solo cello, flute, oboe, percussion, viola and piano; UA: 15.9.81 Como, Italy. Alexander Baillie / Cello, Koenig Ensemble, direction: Jan Latham-Koenig; duration 9'
Keroiylu
Title: (Azerbaijan) - heroic folk-dance; for oboe, bassoon and piano; 15.1.92, St John’s Smith Square, London. City of London Trio: Gillian Carter / oboe, Frances Eustace / bassoon, Richard Graves / piano; duration: 8'
Câtana
Title: (Rumanian) - ‘Chain’; for flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, harp, violin, viola, cello and piano; UA: 8.3.85, Wyndham School, Egremont, Cumbria. Uroboros Ensemble, direction: Michael Finnissy; duration: 16'
Banumbirr
‘To Robert and Merryn Smallwood.’ ; 1982-1986; for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello; UA (final version): 22.11.86, Hudder; duration: 9'
Eph-phatha
Title: (Greek) - ‘Be Opened’ (St Mark); 1988-1989; for orchestra with percussion, harp and piano; UA: 2.5.89, Northampton. New English Orchestra, direction: Nigel Swinford; duration: 13'
WAM
Title: W[olfgang] A[madeus] M[ozart; 1990-1991; for piano and two obbligato instruments: treble & bass; UA:29.2.92 Brighton, Ixion (piano, violin, cello); duratioin 15'
Obrecht Motetten 5
1991-1992; for piccolo, 3 soprano saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 tenor bassoons and piano; UA: 15.3.92, Utrecht. Orkest de Volharding, direction: Cess van Zeeland; duration: 13'
Mars + Venus
Title: from Rubens painting of same name; for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass and piano; UA: 25.5.93, Antwerp. Champ d’Action, direction: Michael Finnissy; duration: 14'
Sefauchi’s Return
‘For Sounds Positive and The Purcell Tercentenary.’; for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano; UA:8.2.95, St John’s Smith Square, London. Sounds Positive; duration: 2'
Mississippi Hornpipes
1982-1997; for piano and violin; UA: "For Roger Garland, 27.1.83, BMIC London, Roger Garland / violin, Michael Finissy/ piano; duration: 10'
L’Union Libre
Title: from Michel Foucault History of Sexuality; for alto horn or other E flat instrument, 2 pianos (quartertone apart), 3 ocarinas, kazoos or jews; UA: 11.97, Moscow; duration: 11'
L’Union Libre
For alto horn (or alto sax.), 2 pianos, 3 ocarinas, viola, accordion, 2 de-tuned zithers, 4 large; duration: 11'
I'm on my Way
For clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, contrabass and piano; duration: 6'
Marcel Duchamp, the Picabias and Apollinaire attend a performance of 'Impressions d'Afrique' by Raymond Roussel at the Théâtre Antoine
1999-2000; for speaking pianist and ensemble (flute, trombone, percussion, cello, and 2nd piano, all with possible substitutions); duration: 12'
Judgement in that day
For oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano; duration: 8'
Kreuzfidel Polka Op.301 by Johann Strauss II
For violin, cello, contrabass, percussion and piano; duration: 4'
Casual Nudity
2000-2001; for flute, guitar, contrabass, percussion and piano; duration: 12'
Shady Love 2001
For horn, violin, cello, percussion and piano; duration: 4'
Regen beschreiben 2001
For alto-flute; clarinet, violin, cello and piano; duration: 2'
Smallish Foxtrot 2001
For flute, violin, viola, contrabass, percussion and piano; duration: 1'
Open Window 2001
For trumpet, doublebass and piano; duration: 9'
D'Woaldbuama: Einleitung und Pastorale in Ländlerstyl nach Johann Strauss
For clarinet, violin, cello, contrabass, percussion and piano; duration: 7'
Kritik der Urteilskraft
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano; duration: 29'
Alternative Readings 2002
For flute, violin and piano; duration: 8'
Giant Abstract Samba
For clarinet and wind band or clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano; duration: 17'
Ceci n’est pas une forme
For violin, viola, cello and piano; druation: 6'
Springtime
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano; duration: 15'
Greatest Hits of all Time
For piccolo, clarinet, viola, cello, contrabass, hammer and piano; duration: 12'
Diamond Suburbia
For alto flute, clarinet, violin, harp and piano; duration: 2'
Blancmange
For clarinet, guitar, phonofiddle and piano; duration: 4'
Kann Liebe ewig bestehen?
For alto-flute, bass-clarinet, trombone, violin, cello and piano; duration: 8'
Judith Weir
For violin, cello, piano and melodica (or alternative); duration: 5'
That ain’t Shit
For clarinet, violin, optional drumkit and piano; duration: 12'
Marilyn, Brian, Mike and the cats
For piano, clarinet and pre-recoded cats ; duration: 6'
Young Brethren
For clarinet, bass-clarinet, violin, celllo, percussion and piano; duration: 11'
Scotch tape
For clarinet, cello and piano; duration: 3'
Jive
For violin and piano; duration 1'
Ho’ Hoane
For string quartett and piano; duration: 1'
Clarinet Sonata
For clarinet in B-flat and piano; duration: 12'
Violin Sonata
For violin and piano; duration: 25'
Bassoon Sonata
For bassoon and piano; duration: 12'
Halbnackt
2006-2007; for solo (recorder), electric guitar, doublebass, vibraphone and piano; duration: 15'
Grieg Quintettsatz
For string quartet and piano; duration: 25'
Viitasaari
For kantele, 2 treble instruments and piano; duration: 4'
Piano Quartet in G minor, 1861
For 2 violins, viola, cello and piano; duration: 18'
En krybbe er hans første eie
For soprano, clarinet, guitar, percussion and piano (or for organ solo); duration: 5'
Piano Quartet in A major, 1862-2
For 2 violins, viola, cello and piano; duration: 24'
Voice and Piano
Anninnia
‘For Elaine Barry’; 1981-1982; for soprano and piano; Title:(Sardinian) - ‘Lullaby’Text: Sardinian folk poetry; UA: 27.11.85, Huddersfield Festival, Jane Manning / sopran, David Mason/ piano; duration: 11'
Lyrics and Limericks
‘To Jeannie Marsh'; 1982-1984; for voice and piano; Title: Ten songs arranged as an acrostic on Edward Lear’s name;, UA: 6.6.85 BMIC, London, Sue Anderson / mezzo sopran, Michael Finissy / piano; duration: 10'
Other Keyboard Instruments
Seterjentens fridag
For 2 keyboards; duration: 7'
Venice Vipers
For solo violin, guitar, violin, cello and harpsichord; duration: 19'
Après - midi dada
For 2 keyboards, ensemble, coffee-grinder and (nude) actors
Yob Cultcha (or ‘Keep taking the Tabloids')
2007-2008; for mandolin, violin and accordion; duration: 3'
D. O. S.
For 2 instruments and keyboard; duration: 3'