Moments before he passed away, in 1945, composer Aldo Finzi whispered the words, “Fate suonare la mia musica” (“Let my music be performed”). Recently, on a particularly cold December night, his last ...

Popular pieces that the composer dismissed as 'only trifles.' In 1941, shortly before being drafted into the war effort, Finzi finished three pieces for clarinet, using ‘20-year-old bits and pieces’.

In our hectic world of instant gratification many people still turn to pursuits that require patience and attention. One of the pleasures of bird-watching is having to wait quietly for something to ...

“The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” had what its creators call a “difficult birth.” Over a decade in the making, the opera, adapted from Giorgio Bassani’s book of the same name, which Vittorio De Sica ...

2 Review: JETTE PARKER ARTISTS: TALES OF LOVE AND LOSS, Royal Ballet And Opera 3 Review: SAMSON ET DALILA, Royal Ballet And Opera THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS is set on the eve of World War II and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Ricky Ian Gordon’s “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” is set in a community of Italian Jews just before World War II. By Zachary Woolfe One of the ...

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 ...

Flanders’ killing fields accounted for the deaths of Finzi’s father and his first music teacher, their futile sacrifice profoundly affecting the composer’s world-view. Roderick Williams and Iain ...

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Tim Hugh, Cello Howard Griffiths, Conductor Gerald (Raphael) Finzi, Composer Eclogue Gerald (Raphael) Finzi, Composer Northern Sinfonia Howard ...