New Perspectives: For Samuel Beckett

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 Royal College of Music presents three concerts showcasing their remarkable chamber repertoire.

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.