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No full textFor soprano saxophone or clarinet, duration 5 minutes. Two pieces as follows: 1) Trier (2000); 2) Memorial (1995). Both works were premiered in London by Martin Robertson (soprano saxophone), Memorial on 16 February 1998 at the Purcell Room, and Trier on 11 Mai 2000 at the Royal College of Music.
They have been recorded by the Nash Ensemble (Black Box BBM1065 https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7922408--music-to-hear); Janet Hilton (clarinet) (Clarinet Classics CC0072 https://samekmusic.com/shop/flying-solo/); Sue McKenzie (saxophone) (Delphian Records DCD34121 https://www.delphianrecords.com/products/dcd34121), and Femke IJlstra (saxophone) (Aliud Records ACDOH1122 https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8794810--stofsugersjongers). Several recordings are available on YouTube, for a selection please see the video tab below
'Lost expression': the curse of the urtext
No full textThe establishment of Urtexts has been one of the great achievements of twentieth century musicology. But maybe their influence on performance has not been entirely positive: we have forgotten the quiver of expressive techniques used at the turn-of-the century (and beyond) from singers and instrumentalists which made these texts ‘expressive’ – of the performers and of the music.
Going ‘above the text’ seems to have been forgotten. Maybe a ‘back to the future’ viewpoint on what we know of the detailed techniques of recorded performances from the early years of the twentieth century might inject a new spirit into interpretations of the twenty-first century. This presentation will be illustrated with copious musical examples
Flux
No full textFor ensemble (bass clarinet, cello, flute, piano, piccolo, and violin), duration 12 minutes. Flux was first published by BMIC New Voices and remains part of their collection. It was commissioned by New Music Players and premiered by them on 1 November 2006 at The Warehouse, London. Flux was also broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 3 May 2008.
Composer's programme note: "Flux is a fluid work with constantly changing shapes surfaces and energy. Although the physical character of the music varies widely, the raw material all stems from the same source that includes particular cells to fuse surfaces together. The work is an exploration of the sensation of physical movement in music, role-play and resonance both real and illusionary. A single line initiates enforces and resonates a series of dynamic, textural, harmonic, timbral, rhythmic and melodic structures that move in time and space with varying speeds. The line moves through and across the shapes, sliding between foreground and background.
Athróo
No full textFor string ensemble, duration 10 minutes. This piece received an Honourable Mention by the As You Like It composition competition, Alvarez Chamber Orchestra
Àtropo [version for piano] (2001, rev. 2002)
No full textFor piano, duration 5.5 minutes.
This piece was first performed by Sarah Nicolls on 28 April 2002, at the Purcell Room, Southbank, London
Àtropo [version for cello]
No full textFor solo cello with BACH.Bogen (curved bow), duration 6 minutes.
This piece was written for Nick Veliotis and first performed on 1 April 2002, Theseion Room, Athens.
A version for solo piano is also available, see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1758/
Second tomb of Ionia
No full textFor viola and piano, duration 10 minutes. This piece was first performed on 26 May 1999 by Jordi Nabona (viola) and Sue Donahoe (piano), at Hinde Street Church, London
Emigrés from Nazi Europe in British opera
No full textPaper given at the OBERTO conference 'Operá Sans Frontières: Musicians and Migration in a Globalised World' at Oxford Brookes University in 2017
Nigredo (1994, rev. 2004)
No full textFor solo piano, duration 16 minutes 30 seconds. First performed by Rolf Hind on 11 February 1995, this piece was revised in 2004.
A recording by Rolf Hind is available on NMC Recordings (NMC D128): https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/simon-holt-a-book-of-colours