The Audience (2009) for narrator & string quartet
- setting of 10 poems about the kinds of people who attend classical concerts, by Wendy Cope
- commissioned by the Endellion String Quartet to mark their 30th anniversary
- premiered by the Endellions and Wendy Cope at Norfolk & Norwich Festival 9th May 2009
- approx 27 mins
This Paradise (2008) for String Quartet & optional male voices (AATTBB)
- String quartet with optional part for male voices (AATTBB), based on Canto 23 of Dante's Paradiso (from the Divine Comedy)
- Commissioned by the Dante String Quartet and premiered by them and the Kings’ Scholars, King's College Cambridge 10th May, 2008
- Words: Allegri Dante trans. Robin Kirkpatrick
- Approx. 10 mins
Rose (2007) for violin solo, flute, clarinet Bb, harp, violin, viola, 'cello
- Commissioned by the Mobius Ensemble as part of their 10th birthday celebrations
- Premiered by Philippe Honoré and the Mobius Enslembe at Wigmore Hall, London 22nd March 2008
- Based on the character of the Rose in Le Petit Prince (by Antoine de St Exupéry)
- Approx. 5 mins
This Paradise (2008) for string quartet and optional male voice choir
- Commissioned by the Dante String Quartet
- Based on Canto 23 of Dante’s Paradiso, from the Divine Comedy. Words translated by Robin Kirkpatrick
- To be premiered by the commissioners, 10.05.08 at King’s College, Cambridge with the resident choir, conducted by Stephen Cleobury
- Approx. 11 minutes with out choir and 12 with
The Upside Down Sailor (1998) narrator, 1 flute/picc., 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F. (Optional add-on parts for amateur performers)
- Highly dramatic text by Richard Stilgoe, based on lone yachtsman Tony Bullimore's 5 days under the upturned hull of his boat, in the Southern Ocean (true story!)
- Optional educational element - juxtaposable add-on parts for a variety of instruments approx. grade 3 standard
- Commissioned by Brunel University and the Maggini Quartet with funding from ABTA
- 25 mins
Suite Memories (2000) for Symphonic Wind Band
- Commissioned by Farnham Festival for South West Surrey Concert Band
- Premiered 30.6.00 at Farnham Maltings
- Approx. 8 minutes
A Wind at Rooks Haven (1997) for Flute Solo
- A haunting depiction of a lone bird on the wind
- First performed October 1997
- 5 minutes
Around Three Corners (1995) for for Violin, Cello and Piano
- Commissioned and first performed by Triangulus 1995/6
- Approx. 8 minutes
Prayer (2000) for brass dectet
- Arrangement of original anthem (see choral for details)
- Approx 5 minutes
Second Home (2003) for piano solo OR string quartet (2006)
- Commissioned by and premiered on 19.12.03 at Saarbrucke Kammerkonzerte (Germany) for Ewa Kupiec
- Variations on a Polish folk theme
- Approx. 8 mins
- special arrangement for Silesian String Quartet, to be premiered in April 2007, Katowice, Poland.
Homage to Händel (2006) for solo 'cello
- Commissioned by Han-Na Chang
- To be premiered by her in Montreal, September 2007 (tbc)
- Approx. 12 minutes
Colombine Too (1995) for mezzo-soprano, flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano
- See vocal page for details
- 5 minutes
Letters from Burma (2004) for oboe and string quartet
- Commissioned by the Summer Music Society of Dorset for Douglas Boyd & the Vellinger String Quartet
- Based on the writings of Aung San Suu Kyi
- Premiere at Minterne, 02.10.04
- Approx. 12 minutes
Remember (2001) for Tenor Recorder & Harpsichord
- Commissioned by Evelyn Nallen & David Gordon
- First performance the Barnwell Theatre Cambridge, 20.1.01
- Approx. 5 minutes
Olivia (1996) for String Quartet (+ optional Choir)
- Based on Viola's famous "Make me a willow cabin" speech from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
- Optional juxtaposable part for upper voices (possible for children)
- Commissioned and first performed by the Maggini String Quartet 1995
- Approx. 15 minutes
Spirit Moves (2001) for brass quintet
- Commissioned by Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
- First performed by the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble at Warwick & Leamington Festival 11.7.01.
- Approx. 15 minutes
fff ("Fulham Festival Fanfare") (2002) organ solo
- Commissioned by All Saints Festival, Fulham to celebrate renovation of new organ at All Saints Church
- First performed by John Scott 23.05.02
- Approx. 1 min.
Hear a sample from Roxanna's "Angels Sing" CD - Gloria from Westminster Mass
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Schola Missa de Angelis - angels will sing!
In what is thought to be the first new plainsong mass in over 60 years (since Duruflé's Requiem of 1947), Roxanna has used the famous Missa de Angelis as a basis for the London Oratory School Schola's new mass which will be premiered on 7th May 2010 at St James's Church, Spanish Place, London accompanied by brass octet. There will be two versions available - this choral (also in an organ version) and a congregational one which will be pared down to something everyone can sing at their weekly masses. Come and hear the angels - click here to buy tickets.
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