Wigmore Hall debut with “Bountiful” 2026.3.13

Wigmore Hall on Friday March 13th at 1pm: premiere of my most recent solo guitar piece “Bountiful”

Many, many congratulations to Sam Cave – Guitarist and Composer on his Wigmore debut, and (already belated) happy eightieth birthday to the inexpressibly precious Michael Finnissy, in whose honour the concert was held. I was proud to have a small part in it, with Sam’s at times scintillating, at times lilting rendition of my third work for solo guitar, Bountiful.

I saw far too many people to list that day, including many whom I had not seen for twelve, seventeen, and even twenty years. Time goes by criminally quickly. I singularly failed to document any of those encounters photographically, but it was wonderful all the same.

Photo credit (photos 1-2): Johan Löfving

(Photo 5: Lovely to see one of my oldest friends Ruth Hopkins and to make the acquaintance of John, the Wagner musicologist).

Archive material

This is the YouTube short I made advertising the concert:

Sam has just curated (and played on) the recording of Michael Finnissy’s complete guitar music, in celebration of his 80th birthday year, and this concert is both a birthday concert for this seminally important composer, and a launch concert for the CD.

Info and tickets

Finnissy and the Guitar- Complete Works (1966-2022)

Forthcoming Wigmore Hall Performance of “Bountiful”, 13th March 2026

「Felix namque」的吉他創作項目：由吉他演奏家Sam Cave委約的新獨奏作品“bountiful”（《穰穰》）已完成（2022年）