Blessed Be III - Lotte Betts-Dean & Michael Finnissy

Blessed Be III - Lotte Betts-Dean & Michael Finnissy

Happy 80th Birthday, Michael! Thank you for composing music for so long. We celebrate you today!

Blessed Be I - Michael Finnissy

Happy 80th Birthday, Michael! Thank you for composing music for so long. We celebrate you today!

Removal and Other Powers - Natalie Burch / William Marsey

When countries are shaking under political turbulences, music can reflect our situation in an intimate way. In the middle of Brexit and the Windrush Scandal, the pianist Natalie Burch commissioned a work to the composer William Marsey - and he took the House of Commons Bill 110 (2013-14) as a text for an art song.

The Little That Was Once A Man - Nathan Williamson & James Gilchrist

The poet Bryan Heiser suffered with polio from a young age, never descending into self-pity in his writing. In collaboration with James Gilchrist, composer and pianist Nathan Williamson has created a stunning collection of Heiser settings, bursting with physicality, intimacy and irony.

An die Musik - Tom Lane

Rainer Maria Rilke is celebrating his 150th Birthday on the 4th of December and, without thinking about Birthday parties, I recorded an interview with the German-British composer Tom Lane. Enjoy listening to this amazing poem about music itself, set into music.