Simon Holt

Canciones are three Spanish songs; A love song, a setting of Cancione de Jinete by Lorca and a lyric. The outer poems are anonymous but are cited by Lorca in his essay on Duende which can be roughly t...

Writen for piano solo.

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (Clarinet in A, Viola, Cello and Double Bass). This extended version of a knot of time was commissioned by Faith Wilson. First performance on 10th OCtober at the CBSO...

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (Clarinet in A, Viola, Cello and Double Bass). This extended version of a knot of time was commissioned by Faith Wilson. First performance on 10th OCtober at the CBSO...

For instrumental ensemble. Commissioned for the ''At Lunch'' series by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall. World Premiere given at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris on 1st March 2011 by members of Britten Sin...

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...

The Libretto for Simon Holt's The Nightingale's To Blame, Co-commissioned by Opera North, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Munich Biennale

A chamber ensemble piece that reflects Holt's passion for the visual arts and literature. The Banshee according to legend is less a shape than a mournful screaming that haunts the Irish night and the...

This is a study score of Simon Holt 's Sparrow Night, for Solo Oboe and Chamber Ensemble. Commissioned by the Nash Ensemble, this work lasts for around 17 minutes. The title of Sparrow Night comes fro...

This work was written for Endymion's 'Sound Census' project, in celebration of their 30th Birthday. It was first performed by Endymion with Melinda Maxwell (oboe), at Kings Place, London, as part of t...

Era Madrugada is a work by Simon Holt for Chamber Ensemble, commissioned by the Royal Institute of British Architects and first performed on 24th May 1984 at BBC Portland Place Concert Hall, London by...

eco-pavan for piano and chamber ensemble was commissioned by the BBC. The first performance took place on 20th November 1998 during the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Scored for Solo Piano,...

Includes parts for Violin, Viola and Cello.

This is part 2 of the cycle A Ribbon Of Time. It was composed for the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Chamber-scale Composition 2002.

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....

Composed in 2005 for Melinda Maxwell to the memory of her mother, Margaret.

Scored for solo countertenor or mezzo soprano. This work was commissioned by the Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music. First performed 11th November 1998. The texts of the six, brief, unaccompanied s...