New Perspectives: For Samuel Beckett

Through his exploration of folk traditions, Ouraa forms part of Michael Finnissy’s works inspired by Australian Aboriginal culture, while Mu-Fa is a complex spatial composition for two identical ensembles exploring fragmentation.

The programme concludes with Feldman’s large‑scale chamber work echoing his connection with the Irish playwright’s minimalist and repetitive style.

RCM INSIGHTS: Join Michael Finnissy for a talk at 5.15pm on Wednesday 25 November.

FINNISSY & FELDMAN: Two great recent composers share both musical characteristics and, this year, important anniversaries: the 80th birthday of British composer and RCM alumnus Michael Finnissy, and the centenary of American composer Morton Feldman’s birth.

In celebration of these avant garde, radical musicians – whose work focuses on sound, texture, innovative notation and performance techniques – the RCM presents three concerts showcasing their remarkable chamber repertoire.