IAN PACE
SELECTED WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS


Uncommon Ground,
the music of Michael Finnissy

Edited by Henrietta Brougham,
Christopher Fox and Ian Pace
published by Ashgate Publishing, 1997
Hardback, 436pp. Price £45. Available in person or by mail order from United Music Publishers: to order by Email  click here!

 

Ian Pace interviewed by Marc Bridle for
Music on the Web

wide ranging interview with Ian Pace about his background, approach to playing the piano and much more - click here to enter the MusicWeb site

"Words about Images and Sounds - a personal odyssey through
The History of Photography in Sound (and other views on music, art, politics)"

programme essay on Michael Finnissy's The History of Photography in Sound for the world premiere performance.

"An Essay Before Performing a Sonata"

programme essay on Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata for concert at Firth Hall, Sheffield.

UK Gold?

guest editorial, critical article on British composition and performance
published in The Musical Times No. 1869 (Winter 1999)

Modulor von Ian Willcock

published in Musik & Aesthetic, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, ed. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, April 1999. English version published on the NEW MUSIC  site

Northern Light

extensive article on the music of Christopher Fox
published in The Musical Times No. 1863 (Summer 1998)

Ferneyhough

extended article on writings and recent CDs, and general reflections
published in TEMPO 203 (January 1998)

Positive or negative

comprehensive survey of the music of Helmut Lachenmann
published in two parts in The Musical Times Nos. 1859 (January 1998), 1860 (February 1998)

Never to be Naught

on the music of Pascal Dusapin
published in The Musical Times No. 1857 (November 1997)

Archetypal Experiments

on the music of Howard Skempton
published in The Musical Times No. 1856 (October 1997)

Kagel: Music of the Absurd?

critical article looking at recent music of Kagel
published in TEMPO 200 (April 1997)

Recent Sciarrino premieres

extended discussion of Vanitas
and Lohengrin and aesthetics of Sciarrino's work
published in TEMPO 200 (April 1997)

Die Soldaten

review of London premiere of B.A. Zimmermann's opera
published in TEMPO 200 (April 1997)

Contemporary British Music

major article on history of post-war British music
published as 'Zeitgenossische Britische Musik' in volume to accompany 'Kunstraum' festival - concerts in Agathenburg and Cadenberge.

Christopher Fox: A Profile

promotional article for The Fox Edition

The Panorama of Michael Finnissy

major survey of Finnissy's work
published in two parts: (I) in TEMPO 196 (April 1996), (II) in TEMPO 201 (July 1997)

Four essays on piano music of Howard Skempton

together with essays on Cornelius Cardew, John Cage, Morton Feldman, in programme booklets for 1997 Howard Skempton series - available from author.

The Repertoire Guide: Richard Barrett

published in Classical Music No. 570 (7th December 1996)

Estrada and Nunes

CD review
published in TEMPO 198 (October 1996)

Michael Finnissy's Red Earth

programme essay for NMC disc D040S.

Michael Finnissy's Mars + Venus, WAM, Enek
Traum des Sangers

programme essay for NMC disc D043.

Finnissy and Transcription/Finnissy's Gershwin Arrangements/Performance Note


programme essays for Metier disc MSV CD92030.

Christopher Fox, piano music


programme essay for Metier disc MSV CD92022.

Secret Theatres

review of South Bank Birtwistle Retrospective
published in TEMPO 197 (July 1996)

Recent Lachenmann discs

extended discussion of Lachenmann's works
published in TEMPO 197 (July 1996)

Finnissy the Romantic
Finnissy the Jazzman
Finnissy the Transcriber and Tributer
Finnissy the Folklorist
Finnissy the Versatile
Finnissy the Virtuoso

substantial essays on different aspects of the piano music to accompany 1996 concert series.

Michael Finnissy: An Introduction

promotional article for United Music Publishers

Programme Notes

Many programme notes as well as essays mentioned above, on works by composers including Barlow, Barraque, Barry, Beethoven, Berio, Bussotti, Cage, Cardew, Debussy, Dillon, Donatoni, Feldman, Ferneyhough, Finnissy, Fox, Globokar, Hespos, Heyn, Holliger, Huber, Hubler, Janacek, Kagel, Lachenmann, Liszt, Messiaen, Newman, Ravel, Saariaho, Satie, Scelsi, Schnebel, Schubert, Schumann, Sciarrino, Skempton, Stalling, Stockhausen, Stravinsky, Wolff, Xenakis, Zappa, B.A. Zimmermann, Walter Zimmermann


To obtain copies of unpublished articles, please write to: ian@ianpace.com

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