Roxanna Panufnik - Classical Composer

Vocal

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
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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
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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
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That Mighty Heart (2008) Mezzo-soprano (high) & Piano

Winter's Near (2008) for tenor, french horn & piano

Sweet Love Remember'd (2005) for alto & piano

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

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
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The Upside Down Sailor (1998) narrator, 1 flute/picc., 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F.

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
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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

Beastly Tales (2001/2) for soprano and orchestra

The Unexpected Heart (2003) for baritone & piano

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

"Angels Sing" CD - Prayer