Roxanna Panufnik - Classical Composer

Orchestral

Modlitwa (2007) for string orchestra

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