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Let me in (2010) 12 solo voices
  • Dramatic account of Jesus's childhood, as told by the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, adapted by Jessica Duchen
  • incorporates traditional Yemenis Mourner's Kaddish (Jewish prayer) in its original Aramaic
  • commissioned by Chanticleer to start a programme about Jesus's life
  • premiere will be 26th March 2011, San Francisco, USA with Chanticleer and conductor Matthew Oltman
  • approx 10 minutes
The Call (2010) SSATBB and Harp (or organ or piano)
  • Advent carol setting of George Herbert
  • commissioned by St John's College Cambridge for their Advent service
  • premiered by the choir, conductor Andrew Nethsinga and harpist Alison Martin 27.11.10, with another performance on 28.11.10 which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
  • approx. 4 minutes
Faint Praise (2010) SSA
  • setting of text by Wendy Cope
  • Commissioned by Juice Vocal Ensemble as a part of a series of short love songs
  • premiered at Vale of Glamorgan Festival, 10.09.10
  • approx 3 mins 30 seconds

 

Schola Missa de Angelis (2009) soprano & tenor solos, mixed choir and brass octet (or organ, or string orchestra)
  • setting of the Latin Mass, incorporating Missa de Angelis plainsong (words in Latin and English)
  • commissioned by the London Oratory School Schola
  • Other versions: organ; string orchestra sccomp.; simplified congregational with organ
  • Premiere will be on 7th May 2010 at St James' Church, Spanish Place, London
  • Approx 20 mins
Two Poems by Wendy (2010) SSATBB
  • Commissioned by Cork International Choral Festival
  • Tongue-in-cheek settings of two Wendy Cope poems the homeless hammer and Some Rules
  • Premiere 30th April 2010 with conductor Paul Hiller and the National Chamber Choir of Ireland
  • Approx. 5 mins 
All Shall be Well (2009) for double choir & solo 'cello
  • Commissioned by the Exultate Singers for a concert marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  • Setting of Julian of Norwich’s famous “All Shall be Well” chapter 32 from her “Divine Revelations”, combined with medieval Polish battle hymn “Bogurodzica”
  • Premiere 8th November at Clifton Cathedral, conducted by David Ogden with ‘cellist Richard May.

Approx. 8 mins.

A summer wish (2008) for double choir & orchestra, or organ
  • Commissioned by the Waynflete Singers, with an orchestration version of Spring (1997)
  • Setting of poem by Christina Rosetti
  • Premiere will be on 28th March 2009 with London Mozart Players, cond. Andrew Lumsden
  • Approx. 7 – 8 mins

 

Wild Ways (2007) for Double choir and ji-nashi shakuhachi or flute or recorders
  • Words: Ikkyū Sōyun (15th century Zen master, mostly in English with some Japanese)
  • Commissioned and premiered by Kiku Day and the Nonsuch Singers
  • First performed 13th March 2008 at St John’s Smith Square, London
  • Approx. 20 mins

 

Stay with Me (2007) for Double Choir & organ
  • Words: Padre Pio, trans. Stephen Macklow-Smith, adapted by Jessica Duchen
  • Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation alongside other settings of the same prayer by Will Todd and James Macmillan
  • Premiered at Westminster Cathedral with The Sixteen 3rd June 2008
  • available on CD "Padre Pio: Prayer" on The Sixteen's CORO label
  • Approx. 10 mins

 

This Paradise (2008) for male voices (AATTBB) & String Quartet
  • (see Chamber/Instrumental page for details)

 

The Spirit of the Saints (2007) for upper voices & harp
  • Words: Rumi
  • Commissioned by Downe House Choral to celebrate the school's centenary
  • Premiered by them with Anthony Cain (cond.) and Kate Milne (harp) on 1st November, 2007 at St Paul's Cathedral, London
  • Approx 5 mins

 

So strong is his love (2007) for mixed choir and string quintet
  • Words: from Psalm 110
  • Commissioned by the Waltham Singers to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Andrew Fardell as their conductor.
  • Premiere will be with the artsites above, accompanied by the Maggini Quartet (plus a double bass) on 1st March, 2008)
  • Approx. 10 mins

 

Declare the Wonders (2007) SSAATTBB, organ
  • Amalgamated texts from Book of Prayer and the Bible (Authorised Version)
  • Commissioned by St Edmundsbury Cathedral
  • Premiere 06.05.07
  • 5 -6 mins

 

All in Tune (2005) for upper voices, organ + optional flute, tambourine & drum
  • Christmas Carol (words: Anon)
  • Commissioned by Newhall School Choir to be premiered by them at the Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Helen, Brentwood, Essex 9th December, 2005
  • Approx. 3mins

 

Ave Maria (2004) for SSA & Organ
  • Commissioned by & for Downe House Choral
  • Latin text
  • Approx. 4 minutes

 

Olivia (1996) for SSA and string quartet
  • See instrumental page for details
  • Approx 15 minutes

 

Westminster Mass (1997) for treble or soprano solo, SSAATTBB choir, 2 harps, tubular bells and strings (also versions with organ accomp., and 1 harp, bells and organ).
  • Commissioned by the John Studzinski Foundation for Westminster Cathedral Choir, on the occasion of Cardinal Basil Hume's 75th Birthday.
  • First performance by Westminster Cathedral Choir and the City of London Sinfonia at Westminster Cathedral on 21st May 1998 (also with organ accompaniment; or one harp, tubular bells & organ)
  • Recorded by Teldec/Warner Classics
  • 28 minutes {N.B. also version with organ accompaniment)

 

Spring (1997) for SSAATTBB choir and organ or piano or orchestra
  • Everything that spring symbolizes a riotous celebration of lush new life.
  • Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts for the Summer Exhibition
  • First performed by the choir of St. James's Church, Piccadilly, London 21st May 1997
  • 8 minutes

 

Sleep, Little Jesus, Sleep (2000) for Soprano solo, SSAATTBB, organ OR sop.solo/small group, SATB, piano (2006)
  • Arrangement of traditional Polish Christmas carol, Lulajze Jezuniu, for BBC Singers Christmas CD.
  • Approx 3 minutes

 

Prayer (2000) for soprano solo & double choir
  • Words by George Herbert
  • Commissioned by the Festival of St Cecilia for combined choirs of Westminster Abbey, Westminster and St Paul's Cathedrals
  • First performance St. Paul's Cathedral 22.11.00
  • Approx 5 minutes

 

Undiscover'd Country (2000) for violin and SSAATTBB
  • Commissioned by Madeleine Mitchell & The Joyful Company of Singers
  • Based on Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquoy
  • Approx 9 minutes

 

Douai Missa Brevis (2001) for soprano solo, baritone solo, SSATBB choir
  • Commissioned by and dedicated to Douai Abbey Choir
  • Mass text in Latin - Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei - with optional acclamation and doxdology
  • 14 minutes

 

The Sweet Spring (1999) SSA & piano
  • Words: Thomas Nashe
  • Commissioned by ABRSM publishing (ltd.)
  • Approx 5 minutes

 

The Christmas Life (2002) soprano solo, baritone solo & SATB choir
  • Commissioned by Worth School, Surrey
  • First performance: 9th December, 2002

 

A Kind of Otherness (2005) for 12 solo voices (or choir) a cappella
  • Words: Two Chorale-Preludes by Geoffrey Hill and Psalm 96(95) O Sing to the Lord verses 1 - 6
  • Commissioned and premiered by Cappella Nova at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh 09.06.06
  • Approx. 14 mins

 

Love Abide (2006) for Alto solo, baritone solo, SSAATTBB, organ, harp and string
  • Words: 1 Corinthians 13 and Love is the Master by Rumi, trans. Andrew Harvey
  • Commissioned and to be premiered by the Choral Arts Society, Philadelphia, USA on 24.03.07
  • Approx. 20 mins

 

Deus, Deus Meus (from Westminster Mass 1997)
  • 7 minutes for Treble or Soprano Solo and SSAATTBB a cappella choir

 

Angels Sing! (1998) for SATB or upper voices, orchestra or piano or keyboard accomp.
  • Commissioned and performed by the Ealing youth choir and Ealing symphony orchestra 5th December 1998
  • 12 minutes

 

Laughing Song (2000) for SSAATTBB
  • Commissioned by the Vasari Singers for their 21st birthday celebration at St. John's, Smith Square (5.5.01)
  • Approx 3 minutes

 

Hear a sample from Roxanna's "Angels Sing" CD - Spring
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