Summer to Winter (2016) soprano, 'cello & piano
- setting of two Shakespeare sonnets "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day" and "How like a Winter" with instrumental interlude
- commissioned arrangement of movements from "The Generation of Love" (tenor, horn and piano or strings)
- World Premiere with MultiTrio in Poland, 18th September 2016
- approx. 14 mins
Music to Hear (2014) for baritone & piano
- setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet 8
- commissioned by Peninsular Arts/Plymouth University for Oliver Dunn & Emma Abbate
- WP 23rd March 2014 Plymouth UNiversity
- approx. 4 mins
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
- premiered by Mark Padmore, Richard Watkins & Julius Drake on 18th November 2010 at Middle Temple Hall, London
- approx 22 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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