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Composer:
Simon Holt

Artist(s):
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Rinat Shaham

Conductor:
Simon Rattle

Background: This all Simon Holt disc has been produced in collaboration with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Boots of Lead forms the third part of the composer's five-part Emily Dickinson cycle, 'a ribbon of time' as he calls it. The music is a stately, almost claustrophobically slow, frozen dirge, with off-stage clarinet and small ensemble.

Other ensemble works on the disc include eco-pavan, scored for a 'ghostly' ensemble including bass flute and heckelphone. Lilith, based on the biblical story of Adam's first wife who was a serpent; and Kites, borne out of the composer's interest in Japanese culture, and portraying, amongst others, the large O-dako kite, which requires up to 40 people to help fly it!

Feet of Clay is a challenging piece, with a sense of drama and heroism, written for cellist Ulrich Heinen around the time of the first performance of Boots of Lead.

CATALOGUE NR: NMCD094
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-2004

COMPOSER: Simon Holt
TRACKS: Boots of Lead. Eco-Pavan. Lilith. Kites. Feet of Clay.
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle and Martyn Brabbins
ARTISTS: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group   Rinat Shaham   Rolf Hind   Ulrich Heinen

- Dec-2004 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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