Editing Christopher Finzi (section)

== Background ==
Born in [[Hampstead]], London in 1934,<ref>{{cite book |last=McVeagh |first=Diana |date=2005 |title=Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music |location=Woodbridge |publisher=The Boydell Press |page=72 |isbn=978-1843836025}}</ref> Finzi was the elder of Gerald Finzi's two sons. Both he and his younger brother Nigel (1936–2010) attended [[Bedales School]] in Hampshire, where they were exposed to a liberal education and intellectual freedom much in line with their parents' own progressive outlook on the world.<ref>{{cite book |last=McVeagh |first=Diana |date=2005 |title=Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music |location=Woodbridge |publisher=The Boydell Press |pages=138–139 |isbn=978-1843836025}}</ref> Finzi attended the [[Royal Academy of Music]] and embarked on a career as a freelance cellist. He became the conductor of the [[Newbury String Players]] after the death of his father who had founded the orchestra.

Like his father, the younger Finzi became a [[pacifism|pacifist]]. As a [[conscientious objector]] he refused [[military service]] in 1955 and was briefly imprisoned before being allowed to do farm work. After his father's death in 1956, he helped his mother to establish the [[Finzi Trust]] and sustain Gerald Finzi's reputation. Their lifestyle was bohemian, living in a remote farmhouse.