Simon Holt: Partituras medio

Amistad (the Spanish word for friendship) is a brief set of three pieces for two Flutes composed by Simon Holt in May 2013. It takes its form from the three syllables of the word a-mi-stad. The first...

Clandestiny is scored for soprano and organ and lasts approximately 20 minutes. It is a collection of ten poems or quotations from the American poet Emily Dickinson. The movements vary in length from...

Simon Holt began 'a book of colours' in 1988 when asked by the BBC to write a brief piece to commemorate the 80th birthday of Sir William Glock. Beginning with 'Duendecitos', he later added more short...

Simon Holt's 1985 composition, Tauromaquia is named after a series of etchings by Goya, all of which are studies of the art of bullfighting. This piece for Piano solo was commissioned by Ian Brown, wh...

Writen for piano solo.

Simon Holt 's 3rd Quartet is the third of six pieces which make up a cycle with the overall title 'Terrain'. Lasting around 23 minutes, this wonderful work is arranged for String Quartet and was co-co...

Composer Simon Holt 's The Legend Of Melusine was commissioned in 2014 by the Southbank Centre to celebrate the return of the Royal Festival Hall Organ, and to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the R...

For Alexander Jessiman, on the occasion of his fifth birthday, from his uncle Simon. Written for piccolo, bass flute, trumpet and keyed glockenspiel. The piece last about 5 seconds.

This work was commissioned by KlaraFestival, Flanders, Belgium. It was first first performed by Sarah Nicolls at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels on 22nd September 2005, as part of KlaraFestival.

Migas is a selection of pieces composed over 33 years by, British Composer, Simon Holt. Migas translates, in English, to Crumbs. This collection of 11 brief Piano pieces was written over a period of 3...

First performance by the Nash Ensemble (Philippa Davies, alto flute/piccolo, Lawrence Power, viola, andLucy Wakeford, harp) on 12th July 2004 at the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, as part of the Che...

First performance by the Nash Ensemble (Philippa Davies, alto flute/piccolo, Lawrence Power, viola, andLucy Wakeford, harp) on 12th July 2004 at the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, as part of the Che...

Includes parts for Violin, Viola and Cello.

witness to a snow miracle is a violin concerto in seven short movements, based around the life of Saint Eulalia, the virgin martyr. The movements are presented as if part of a painting in which we see...

witness to a snow miracle is a violin concerto in seven short movements, based around the life of Saint Eulalia, the virgin martyr. The movements are presented as if part of a painting in which we see...

First performance by Mark van de Wiel at the Purcell Room, London on 12th July 2004.

Commissioned for Brief Candles, a collaboration in devising music and dance, commissioned and produced by spnm in partnership with the Richard Alston Dance Company and the Contemporary Music Network....