Robin Holloway is a fluent and versatile composer, noted for his rapprochement with tonality and Romanticism in such works as Scenes from Schumann (1970) * Music has emotional power, skillful construction and exuberant orchestration * Output ranges from lush orchestral scores such as Seascape and Harvest, to the ensemble work Evening with Angels composed for the London Sinfonietta, and in lighter vein a series of widely-performed Serenades * Noted Holloway conductors include Oliver Knussen, Simon Rattle and Michael Tilson Thomas
Looking Ahead: completion of Quartettino series for Endellion String Quartet (Nov); performances of Clarissa Sequence by San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas (May 2010); Scenes from Schumann programmed for Schumann Bicentenary year (2010)
"Holloway's music, while achieving distinctive individuality, draws its inspiration from the rich heritage of the past century." — Sunday Telegraph
