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Robin Holloway
12+ albums
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Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943 in Leamington Spa) is an English composer. From 1952 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral. He attended King's College, Cambridge and studied composition with Alexander Goehr. In 1974, Holloway became an Assistant Lecturer in Music at the University of Cambridge, and in 1980 attained a full Lecturer position. In 1999, he became a reader in Musical Composition at Cambridge, and since 2001, a Professor of Musical Composition. He is also a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Holloway's doctoral thesis Debussy and Wagner (published by Eulenburg), discussed a close relationship between music and language as well as romanticism and tonality. This can be heard in his works, Scenes from Schumann (1969-70), the opera Clarissa (1976) premiered in 1990 at English National Opera under the baton of Oliver Knussen, and Seascape and Harvest (1983-4) composed for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle. Holloway has contributed a regular music column to The Spectator magazine since 1988. A collection of his journalistic writings has been compiled and published as On Music: Essays and Diversions 1963-2003 (Continuum Press, ISBN 0-8264-7629-5). Holloway has been described as a "neo-romantic" composer, reflecting his own affinity for music of the last part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms ma
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Trio for Oboe, Violin & Piano, Op. 115: II. Adagio espressivo
1052War Memorial, Op. 50: No. 1. Men Marching
963War Memorial, Op. 50: No. 2. From Hills and Valleys
804Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 70: IV. Andante - Adagio
395C'est l'extase - Ten Settings of Paul Verlaine, Op. 118: Épilogue
326Fantasy-Pieces on the Heine "Liederkreis" of Schumann, Op. 16: II. Half Asleep
257Fantasy-Pieces on the Heine "Liederkreis" of Schumann, Op. 16: I. Praeludium
238Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 47: IV. Frage – Antwort
229Violin Concerto: Opening -
1910Violin Concerto: Slow Movement -
18albums
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R. Holloway: Trios
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War Memorials: Music for Brass Band
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 70: IV. Andante - Adagio
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Robin Holloway: Violin Concerto & Horn Concerto
Robin Holloway: Concerto No. 2, Op. 40
Holloway: Solo Trumpet Sonata / Gruber, H.K.: Exposed Throat / Ruders: Reveille - Retraite
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Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 47: IV. Frage – Antwort
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Holloway: Concerto for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 80 (Live)
Holloway: Violin Concerto & Solo Sonata
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On Christmas Day
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Robin Holloway: Gilded Goldbergs – The Goldberg Variations "Recomposed"
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The NMC Songbook