Finzi Concerto

    
Finzi Concerto    21:50 on Saturday, October 25, 2003          
(Rachel)
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I just bought myself the Finzi Clarinet Concerto yesterday, and it is really cool. Has anyone here ever played it?


Re: Finzi Concerto    21:35 on Saturday, November 1, 2003          
(Jackie)
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No...I`ve never heard of Finzi. Is he or she very current? Of what nationality is Finzi?


Re: Finzi Concerto    20:16 on Sunday, November 2, 2003          
(Rachel)
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Gerald Finzi was a 20th-century English composer. His Clarinet Concerto, op.31, was written between 1948-49.


Re: Finzi Concerto    20:29 on Thursday, November 6, 2003          
(Jackie)
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Oh sweet...so he was kind of like a contemporary to Copland? I don`t know exactly when Copland`s Clarinet Concerto was written....Is it anything like it though?


Re: Finzi Concerto    04:36 on Saturday, November 8, 2003          
(Rachel)
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I have only heard the Copland performed once, but from what I remember it was different from the Finzi. Finzi was a very English composer, and the Copland Concerto to me has more of that American feel to it. The concert is quite tunefull, has been described as having a pastorale feel, and covers a wide emotional range.
Do you have any particular music that you like listening to and playing?


Re: Finzi Concerto    19:22 on Friday, February 20, 2004          
(Alyssa)
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Finzi and Copland are almost complete opposites. Finzi has a kind of English folky quality inspired by the earlier English music his predecessors wrote. Copland is VERY American. Based in jazz - the second movement of his concerto is heavily influenced by jazz.


   




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