Simon Holt

Written for the Mistry Quartet, this intricate, 20 minute chamber work showcases Simon Holt's signature use of tense, fragile sonic textures. Loosely following a tripartite structure – fast, slow, fas...

Daedalus Remembers is the third part in a trilogy called 3 for Icarus. Daedalus was Icarus' father and a famous craftsman. He once forged a magic sword for Peleus which had a property of making its ow...

Sphinx is scored for cor anglais and nine tuned gongs, and lasts approximately fourteen minutes. It is austere in texture and takes the form of an extended riddle, the answer to which may be the one a...

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...

Kites is scored for wind quintet and string quintet and came about through Holt's interest in Japanese things. The kite that features is preceded by an introduction of fragile, slow and serene scene-s...

Work for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello written in 1980. Parts available: CH66869-01

Work for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello written in 1980. Score available: CH66869

Written for chamber ensemble. This work was commissioned by the BBC. First performance on 6th September 2004 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, as part of the BBC Proms Chamber Music Series, b...

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...

Commissioned by The Bath Festival. 'If the idea behind the piece comes from anywhere, the 'Disparates' (Follies) of Goya were certainly at the back of my mind when writing. The Goya images are nightma...

Commissioned by The Bath Festival. 'If the idea behind the piece comes from anywhere, the 'Disparates' (Follies) of Goya were certainly at the back of my mind when writing. The Goya images are nightma...

Holt Simon Fugaz Oboe Clarinet & Bassoon Score & Parts

Holt Simon Fugaz Oboe Clarinet & Bassoon Score Only

5 Settings Of E. D. is a work by Simon Holt for Oboe and Countertenor (or Mezzo-Soprano). Commissioned by Bill and Elizabeth Colleran, the piece was first performed on 22nd April 2006. The piece is co...

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...

Score and parts for Simon Holt's Piano Trio: Los Ojos, for Piano Violin and Cello. Piano Trio: Los Ojos was first performed on 25th November 2013 in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at the Royal Col...

A Farewell by Simon Holt for Violin and Cello.

Telaranas' (the Spanish for cobwebs) is a duo for Violin and Cello written for and dedicated to Jakob Kullberg and Jack Liebeck. Much of the music is taken from other parts of a cycle of string piece...

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

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...

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 Roger Chase. First performance on 16th February 2009, at the Stradivari Music and Arts Center, Chicago.