The Music of Simon Holt

David Charlton

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 in 3 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 in feet 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 for Raju Raghuvanshi is a ghost and The Legend of Melusine Bibliography