IDAGIO | Finzi: Before and after Summer - Till Earth Outwears

Featuring

John Carol Case
Howard Ferguson
Robert Tear
Neil Jenkins
Gerald Finzi

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Compositional Technique

Gerald Finzi's writing process was never fluent, with even spontaneous-sounding songs sometimes involving endless sketches and years between opening and closing verses.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Gerald Finzi had a special affinity for the poet Thomas Hardy, setting more of his poems than any other and tackling seemingly 'unsettable' works.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Gerald Finzi believed that a composer is moved by a poem and wishes to identify with it and share it, rather than merely 'adding' to it.

Recording & Production

Disc One of this album was recorded in December 1967 at Decca Studio No. 3, West Hampstead, London, while Disc Two was recorded in April 1970 at St John's, Smith Square, London.

Compositional Technique

Gerald Finzi's compositional method involved having several 'works in progress' at his desk, adding to them over time, and then assembling sketches into a continuous whole.

Composer Biography

Gerald Finzi, the composer, was advised against a musical career by Sir Charles Stanford but was determined to become a composer from his mid-teens.

Composer Biography

Gerald Finzi and his wife, a fine artist, moved to the countryside in 1933, where he lived and worked quietly, surrounded by family, apple trees, and a vast library.