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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

 

Beastly Tales (2001/2) for soprano and orchestra
  • See orchestral page for details

 

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
"Angels Sing" CD - Prayer
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