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Eco-pavan
No full textFor solo piano, bass flute, heckelphone, harp, cimbalom, one percussionist, mandolin, viola, and bass, duration 15 minutes.
This piece was commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and the BBC, and first performed in November 1998 by Rolf Hind (piano) and the London Sinfonietta conducted by Elgar Howarth. It has since been performed by Ensemble Modern, Israel Contemporary Players, and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. A recording by Rolf Hind and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group is available on NMC Recordings (NMC D094): https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/simon-holt-boots-of-lead
Six caprices
No full textFor solo counter-tenor or mezzo-soprano, duration 8 minutes.
This piece was commissioned by the Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music and first performed there by Nicholas Clapton on 11 November 1998. The texts of the six, brief, unaccompanied songs which comprise the Six Caprices are taken from Federico García Lorca's Poema del Cante Jondo (Poems Of The Deep Song)
Quadriga
No full textFor percussion and string quartet, duration 16 minutes.
Premièred on 13 August 2018 by the JACK Quartet and Colin Currie at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall
Ouroboros II
No full textFor chamber orchestra, duration 19 minutes.
This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and premiered on 16 April 2000 by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-Andre Valade
Testament
No full textFor chamber orchestra, duration 12 minutes.
This work was commissioned by the Ojai Festival, Sue Knussen Commissioning Fund and the London Sinfonietta, and was first performed on 12 June 2005 by the Ojai Festival Orchestra conducted by Brad Lubman.
It has been recorded by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen (London Sinfonietta Label, via NMC Recordings: SINFCD1-2007): https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/london-sinfonietta-label/jerwood-series-3-cole-foskett-bedford.
A recording is also available on SoundCloud via the audio tab below
Giri kur dab
No full textFor solo cello, percussion and amplification, duration 14 minutes.
This work was premiered on 18 May 2012 by Colin Alexander (cello) and the composer (percussion) at the Royal College of Music, London
Elegy
No full textFor cello and piano, duration 4 minutes.
This piece was commissioned by the ABRSM and appears in the book 'Spectrum for cello: 16 contemporary pieces' published in 2004. A recording by William Bruce (cello) and Thalia Myers (piano) is available with the book
Three movements from Theatrum [version for chamber ensemble]
No full textFor chamber ensemble, duration 12 minutes.
Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center with assistance given by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University.Originally completed in 1996, this piece was revised in 1998, and premiered on 21 February 1998 by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Markus Stenz.
A recording is available on SoundCloud via the 'Play on SoundCloud' link on the audio tab below.
An arrangement of this work for two pianos is also available (see #1475 on this repository) which has been recorded by the Green Duo on Prima Facie Recordings (PFCD095): https://primafacie.ascrecords.com/diatoms.htm
Detail from the record
No full textFor chamber orchestra, duration 17 minutes.
This piece was commissioned by the Michael Vyner Trust for the London Sinfonietta, for Oliver Knussen on his 50th Birthday. It was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 30 May 2006, and has since been performed by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Oberlin Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemble.
The SoundCloud recording (see the 'Play on SoundCloud' link on the audio tab below) is by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen.
'Detail from the record' is part of a larger work for Japanese puppet theatre: The Record of Ancient Matters
Notte oscura [version for chamber orchestra]
No full textFor chamber orchestra, duration 6 minutes.
Notte Oscura is essentially the first orchestral interlude from the composer's opera The Overcoat (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1478/).
Originally completed in 2002, it was revised in 2004 and premiered on 30 April 2004 by the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt conducted by Christoph Mueller.
A recording is available on SoundCloud (see the 'Play on SoundCloud' link on the audio tab below) by SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden conducted by Christoph Mathias Mueller.
An arrangement for solo piano is also available (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1500/), which has been recorded by Clare Hammond (BIS-2193 SACD): https://bis.se/label/bis/kenneth-hesketh-horae-pro-clara.
A further version for piano four hands (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470/) has been recorded by the Green Duo on Prima Facie Recordings (PFCD095): https://primafacie.ascrecords.com/diatoms.html