The Generation of Love (2009) tenor, french horn & piano
- a cycle of Shakespeare sonnets, following a dramatic narrative about love going wrong
- commissioned by the Temple Music Foundation, after the successful premiere of the final song in the cycle, Winter's Near, last year
- to be premiered by Mark Padmore, Richard Watkins & Julius Drake on 18th November 2010 at Middle Temple Hall, London
- approx 22 mins
The Generation of Love (2009) tenor, french horn & piano
- Commissioned by the Temple Music Foundation
- Settings of 3 Shakespeare sonnets that form a narrative, with instrumental interludes between
- Premiere 18th November, 2010 with tenor Mark Padmore, Richard Watkins (horn) and pianist Julius Drake, Middle Temple Hall, London
- Approx. 20 mins
That Mighty Heart (2008) Mezzo-soprano (high) & Piano
- words: William Wordsworth "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"
- Commissioned by NMC as part of it's Songbook CD project
- Premiere with Susan Bickley & Iain Burnside 1st April 2009 at King's Place
- Approx. 3 mins
Winter's Near (2008) for tenor, french horn & piano
- Words: William Shakespeare Sonnet 97 'How like a winter has my absence been'.
- Commissioned by the 2008 Temple Festival
- Premiered by Nathan Vale, Andrew Littlemore and Julius Drake 3rd June, 2008
- Approx. 7 mins
Sweet Love Remember'd (2005) for alto & piano
- Words: Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
- Private commission
- Approx. 5 mins
Colombine Too (1995) for mezzo-soprano, flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano
- Also version for clarinet string quartet and piano
- Commissioned by EOS as a companion piece to Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire First performed 22nd March 1996
- 5 minutes
Mine Eye (1999) for mezzo-soprano and piano
- Text: William Shakespeare (Sonnet 24).
- A love song
(also available with string ensemble accompaniment) - 4 minutes
Modlitwa ("Prayer") (1990/99) for voice and keyboard
- A beautifully poignant and haunting setting of the Prayer to the Virgin of Skempe by the Polish poet Jerzy Pietrkiewicz. Completion of a song by Andrzej Panufnik
- Commissioned by the AI Bustan Festival for their 1999 Polish Season (also version for string quartet see under chamber)
- 5 minutes
A Wind at Rooks Haven (1997) for mezzo- soprano and flute
- Text: Mel Cox (also version for Flute Solo and Bb Clarinet Solo) A haunting depiction of a lone bird on the wind First performed
October 1997 (also available with clarinet in Bb accompaniment) - 5 minutes
The Upside Down Sailor (1998) narrator, 1 flute/picc., 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F.
- See chamber page for details
If I Don't Know (2003) for soprano & piano
- Song cycle on poetry by Wendy Cope
- Commissioned by Harriet Fraser to be premiered at Cheltenham International Festival of Music 15.07.04
- Approx. 22 mins
Piano Tuner, Untune Me That Tune (1994) for narrator and piano
- Text: Ogden Nash from Candy is Dandy A nightmare on a well known chopsticks theme!
- Commissioned by David Howells for children's concert, Purcell Room, South Bank, London, 8th January 1995
- 5 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
Private Joe (2000) for baritone, string quartet (also with string orchestra accompaniment)
- 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 orchestra)
- Approx 18 minutes
The Unexpected Heart (2003) for baritone & piano
- Text by Andrew Bernard
- Love song commissioned by the lyricist for his wife's 40th birthday
- 4 mins
Hear a sample from Roxanna's "Angels Sing" CD - Prayer
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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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