Modlitwa (2007) for string orchestra
- Orchestrated version of string quartet
- (see chamber/Instrumental page for more details)
Powers & Dominions (2001) concertino for harp and orchestra
- Commissioned by Autumn in Malvern Festival & Music at Oxford for Catherine Beynon
- Premiered 1 November 2001 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford by Catherine Beynon and Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury
- 15 minutes
Beastly Tales - The Hare & the Tortoise (2005) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone & orchestra
- A further setting from Vikram Seth's Beastly Tales anthology
- Cmmissioned by City of London Sinfonia for premiere at Windsor Festival 25.09.05 and BBC Hear & Now concert (inc. live Radio 3 broadcast) at Cadogan Hall 26.09.05.
- Approx 25 mins
The Crocodile & the Monkey (2001/2) for Soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone & orchestra
- Setting of Vikram Seth's The Crocodile and the Monkey from his Beastly Tales anthology
- Commissioned by the BBC for Patricia Rozario and the City of London Sinfonia for performances around the country in May 2002 (and subsequent BBC Radio 3 broadcast)
- Version for soprano only and orchestra also available
- 20 minutes
The Frog & the Nightingale (2002) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone & orchestra
- Another setting from Vikram Seth's Beastly Tales anthology.
- Commissioned by City of London Sinfonia - to be premiered at Bury St Edmunds Festival 17.05.03
- Approx 15 mins
Private Joe (2000) for baritone, string orchestra
- 1. Letter 1 - Private Joe Wood
2. And when I Die (traditional)
3. The Letter - Wilfred Owen
4. From Albert to Bapaume - Alec Waugh
5. Letter 2 - Private Joe Wood - Setting of two letters from Private Joe to his sister at home, from WW1 battleground at Ypres, August 1917 - interspersed with three war poems.
- Commissioned by Warwick & Leamington Festival for Nigel Cliffe and Schidlof String Quartet. (also for string quartet)
- Approx 18 minutes
Virtue (1992) for mezzo soprano and string orchestra
- Text: George Herbert c.1633
- Commissioned by the Park Lane Group First performed QEH,London 18th October 1992 (Sir Andrzej Panufnik memorial concert) (N.B. also version with piano accompaniment) (Piano reduction available)
- 6 minutes
Leda (2003) for chamber orchestra
- Ballet score commissioned by English National Ballet and Wratislavia Cantans
- Scenario by choreographer Cathy Marston
- Concert premiere 24.10.03 conducted by Mariusz Smolij and with Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra
- Ballet premier 2005 at Sadler's Wells, London
- 30 mins
Abraham (2004) a Concerto for Hope, for solo violin & orchestra
- Commissioned by Savannah Music Festival (Georgia, USA) for Daniel Hope
- Premier 25.03.05 cond. John Axelrod
- Based on the bible story of God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of his faith - using Christian, Islamic and Jewish music.
- Approx. 15 mins.
Westminster Mass (1997) for Choir and Orchestra
- 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)
- 28 minutes {N.B. also version with organ accompaniment)
Flight of the Bumblebee (2005) for solo 'cello & chamber orchestra
- Eccentric arrangement and extension of Rimsky-Korsakoff's famous bon-bon
- Commissioned by Han-Na Chang for a tour of Korea August 2005 with memebers of the Berlin Philhamonic, cond. by Ion Marin
- Approx. 3 mins
Here a sample from Roxanna's "Beastly Tales" CD - The Crocodile and the Monkey
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