Channel Firing
Donald Macleod reveals how Finzi carried himself through the difficult war years and how they cast their shadow on his subsequent works.
Wartime brought with it a desk job rather than service at the front line for Finzi. But the impact was still great, an emotional hit which precipitated a near halt to composition. Donald Macleod reveals how Finzi carried himself through those difficult years and how they cast their shadow on his subsequent works.
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