The Music of Simon Holt (EPDF) von David Charlton

Bringing together well-known writers with composers and performers, this volume gives a complete overview of Holt's creative work up to 2015.

Introduction: Memories of Magical Moonlight: Simon Holt's years as a composition student - Anthony Gilbert
Duende y Duelos: the Andalusian spirit in the Lorca settings - Anthony Gilbert
An Interplay of Passion and Spirit:The Nightingale's to Blame
Images in Sound: Movement, Harmony and Colour in the Early Music - Philip Rupprecht
Myth and Narrative in3 for Icarus - Edward Venn
Sound, Sense and Syntax: The Emily Dickinson Settings - Steph Power
Piano music - Stephen Gutman
Redefining the cello's voice: Musical agency infeet of clay - Rebecca Thumpston
Performance and reflections: Holt's music for oboe and cor anglais - Melinda Maxwell
Shaking the Bars:The Yellow Wallpaper - Steph Power
Listening to the River's Roar: Stance, Texture and Space in the Concertos - David Beard
Orchestral Works in Performance - Thierry Fischer
Oblique themes and still centres: a conversation between Julia Bardsley and Simon Holt - Julia Bardsley
Sketching and Idea-Gathering - Simon Speare
Art, Conceptualism and Politics in Holt's music - David Charlton
Appendix A: Overview and Catalogue of Pieces - David Charlton
Appendix B: Texts by Simon Holt forRaju Raghuvanshi is a ghost andThe Legend of Melusine
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