Compiled from the Finzi Friends newsletter, The Clock of the Years is a fascinating anthology of writings on Gerald Finzi, his family and his circle.
The Clock of the Years is an anthology compiled to celebrate 25 years of the Finzi Friends Newsletter. It includes freshly edited and revised pieces that have been long out of print or only available to society members, with many new pieces appearing in print for the first time. The collection is enhanced by fascinating archive material from private collections, including many previously unseen photographs of Finzi and his circle.
Contents include: Anthony Boden on Finzi at the 3 Choirs Festival; Joy Finzi on Ralph Vaughan Williams; Kenneth Leighton's memories of Finzi; Stephen Banfield on writing his biography of the composer; Philip Thomas on Finzi's Clarinet Concerto; Christopher Stunt on Finzi and Thomas Hardy; Hugh Cobbe on the correspondence of Finzi and Vaughan Williams; Diana McVeagh, Myfanwy Thomas and Ursula Vaughan Williams on Joy Finzi; Howard Ferguson on Elgar; Philip Langridge on Intimations of Immortality; Christopher Finzi on recording Dies natalis; etc.