HOLLOWAY, Robin
b Leamington Spa, 19 October 1943
From 1952 to 1957 he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral, and also attended Dartington Summer School. From 1959 to 1963 he was a pupil of Alexander Goehr, and from 1961 to 1964 was at King's College, Cambridge. He studied from 1965 to 1967 at New College, Oxford, then returned to Cambridge as a research student at Gonville and Caius College, gaining a fellowship there in 1969.
1962 (19)
Garden Music, Op 1, for eight players
1964 (21)
Concertino No 1, Op 2, for small orchestra (new finale 1968-9)
1964 5 (21-2)
Three Poems of William Empson, Op 3, for mezzo-soprano and ensemble
1965 (22)
Music for Eliot's Sweeney Agonistes, Op 4
1965-6 {22-3)
In Chymick Art, Op 5, cantata for soprano, baritone and nine players
Concerto for organ and wind, Op 6
Four Housman Fragments, Op 7, for soprano and piano
1966-9 (23-6)
Concerto for orchestra, Op 8
1967 (24)
Melodrama, Op 9, for speaker, small male chorus and ensemble
Concertino No 2, Op 10, for small orchestra (menuetto added 1974)
1968 (25)
Divertimento No 1, Op 11, for amateur orchestra
1968 9 (25-6)
Four Poems of Stevie Smith, Op 12, for unaccompanied soprano
1969-70 (26-7)
Scenes from Schumann, Op 13, for orchestra
1970 (27)
The Wind Shifts, Op 14, for high voice and strings
1971 (28)
Banal Sojourn, Op 15, for high voice and piano
Fantasy-Pieces, Op 16, on the Heine 'Liederkreis' of Schumann, for thirteen players
1972 (29)
Evening with Angels, Op 17, for sixteen players
Divertimento No 2, Op 18, for wind nonet
Georgian Songs, Op 19, for baritone and piano
1972-3 (29-30)
Cantata on the Death of God, Op 20
Five Little Songs about Death, Op 21, for unaccompanied soprano
1973 (30)
Five Madrigals, Op 22, for unaccompanied mixed voices
1973-4 (30-1)
Domination of Black, Op 23, symphonic poem for large orchestra
1974 (31)
Lights Out, Op 24, four poems of Edward Thomas for baritone and piano
In the Thirtieth Year, Op 25, for tenor and piano
Author of Light, Op 26, four Jacobean songs for contralto and piano
The Leaves Cry, Op 27, two songs for soprano and piano
1974-5 (31-2)
Sea Surface Full of Clouds, Op 28, cantata
1975 (32)
Concertino No 3, Homage to Weill, Op 29, for eleven players
Clarissa, Op 30, opera
1976 (33)
Romanza, Op 31, for violin and small orchestra
1977 (34)
This Is Just to Say, Op 32, song cycle for tenor and piano
Divertimento No 3, Nursery Rhymes, Op 33, for soprano and wind quintet
The Rivers of Hell, Op 34, for chamber ensemble
The Blue Doom of Summer, Op 35 No 1, cantata for voice and harp
Willow Cycle, Op 35 No 2, for tenor and harp
Hymn for Voices, Op 36, for unaccompanied chorus
From High Windows, Op 37, song cycle for baritone and piano
The Consolation of Music, Op 38 No 1, for chorus
1978 (35)
He-She-Together, Op 38 No 2, for chorus
Killing Time, for unaccompanied soprano (texts by Auden, Stevie Smith, and Raleigh)
Three Slithy Toves, for two clarinets
1978 9 (35-6)
The Noon's Repose, Op 39, three songs for tenor and harp
Second Concerto for orchestra, Op 40
1979 (36)
Serenade in C, Op 41
Conundrums, for soprano and wind quintet
1979-80 (36-7)
Idyll for small orchestra
Sonata for horn and orchestra
Adagio and Rondo for horn and orchestra
Aria for chamber orchestra
1980 (37)
Ode for four winds and strings
1980-1 (37-8)
Wherever We May Be, five songs for soprano and piano
1981 (38)
Clarissa Symphony, for soprano, tenor and orchestra
Sonata for solo violin
Brand, dramatic ballad for soli, chorus, organ and orchestra
The Lovers' Well, for bass-baritone and piano
1981 2 (38-9)
Men Marching, for brass band
From Hills and Valleys, for brass band
1982 (39)
Suite for Saxophone
Anthem, for unaccompanied chorus
Women in War, review for four female soloists and piano
Serenata Notturna, for four horns and small orchestra
1982-3 (39-40)
Showpiece (Concertino No 4)
for fourteen players
1983 (40)
Second Idyll for small orchestra
1983-4 (40-1)
Viola Concerto
Serenade in E flat for wind quintet and string quintet
1984 (41)
Moments of Vision, cycle for speaker and four players
Romanza for oboe and strings
On Hope, cantata for soprano, mezzo and string quartet