Complete List of Works of Jenni Roditi

List of abbreviations at the bottom of the page.

Songs for Guitar



Piano Reality 1

1976

Piano Reality 2

1978

Miniatures for Wind
fl, ob, cl, hn, bsn


1979

What a Job
Songs for theatre show:
1. What a Job
2. Waste of Time
3. Exploitation


1979

Domestic Affair
Songs and tape for theatre:
1. People are not Meant for Hitting
2. Lose Yourself in the Jar


1980

Four Preludes
Based on TS Eliot poems
cl, vln, vc, pno, sop
performed by students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.


1980

Flute Solo

1981

Piano Solo (4 sections)
Based on poetry by Jenni Roditi:
1. Where did I put my Purse?
2. My Blood is Plum Red
3. This Leaf will Stop the Bleeding
4. Like a Dolphin I am Speared


1982

I feel a Rhythm Here
Poem by Katrin Cartlidge
Solo fm vce


1982

Four Songs in Green
Poetry by Rebecca Swift
1. Young, there was an Existence
2. Giant towers built in youth
3. Again, again I see it
4. From a height, suddenly
pno, mezzo


1982

Poem for a Birthday (2 mvts)
Based on Sylvia Plath poems
fl, cl, vln 1 and 2, va, vc, cb, perc


1982
A Small Dragon
Poem by Brian Patten
Pno, fm vce


1983

Mad, Mad, Madrigal (Amyntis with his Phyllis Fair) - 5 mins
SATB


1983

Lying in the Boat - 14 mins
2 mezzo, cl, vln, vc, pno


1983

Movement for Chamber Orchestra
(Honourable Mention Musica Nova Fest.)
fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tpt, vln, vln, va, vc, cb


1984

Hyper Expansion and Specialisation
Cabaret Songs - Jenni Roditi
fm vce, pno


1984

Fruit Gathering
fm vce, dx7 kb, sax, sitar, tabla, bamboo fl


1985

September Boxes - 24 mins
Guildhall Chamber Orchestra


1985

Perfect Strangers
Text by Jenni Roditi
fm voice, pno


1986


Commissions


Roads
collaboration with Mari Campbell
va, fm vce, pno


1986

Round Trip - an Opera in One Act. 35 mins
Libretto - Niall Brooks
Baylis Programme (6 singers, fl, cl, hn,cb, pno, 3 perc.)


1986

Six Coins in a Fountain - 25 mins
Schoenberg Symphony Orchestra


1987

Devil and the Deep Blue - 45 mins
Album of songs with guitar:
1. Over the Years
2. Devil and the Deep Blue
3. My Love for You
4. Dance Away
5. Beware
6. Holiday
7. Now and Then
8. Sing for the Trees


1989

No Argument - 30 mins
For the Voice Over Festival
music theatre, vce/kb with cb and fl
5 songs with voice-rhythm interludes:
1. The Break
2. Nothing
3. Opening
4. No Argument
5. Awakening


1990

Out of the Ashes 20 mins
pno


1991

Inanna, Opera in 5 Acts - 90 mins
Lontano
6 singers, string quartet, fl, kb, perc
Song list here


1992

Hay in the Sky - 30 mins
No Strings Attached Ensemble
3 B flat cl, bass cl


1993

String Quartet - 25 mins
Archaeus Quartet


1994

The Riddle
Kate Westbrook and the Skirmishes
John Winfield - vce, sop sax, alt sax, tuba, pno


1994

Diva Song - for theatre show
Text Sharon Kennet
fm vce and kb


1994

Twice
Poem by Christina Rosetti
solo fm vce, treble chorus, pno


1995

Devotion that Moves the Heart - 58 mins
SATB and kb


1995

Little Epic - 90 secs
Mini Opera
fm vce and midi kb


1995

Life - 7 mins
SATB and KB


1996

Air Angel Song
Coral Arts community project for Dorchester Abbey
fm chorus, pno


1996

Spirit Child Prelude
vln, vln, va, va, vc, vc, cb, perc, duduk sop


1997

S.O.S Songs of Seduction - 14 mins
BBC2 Sound on Film fm vce, m vce, stg trio, bass, gospel choir.


1998

Siddhartha - Opera in 3 Acts - 2 hours
with Prelude and Mantra
vln, vln, va, va, vc, vc, cb, perc, duduk, 6 singers
Song list here


2001

Within You and Without You - 10 mins
vc, pno


2002

Wild Geese - 12 mins
Poem Mary Oliver
fm vce, pno


2003

Yellow Butterflies - 5 mins
Poem Mary Oliver
fm vce, pno


2004

Looking Back on Love - 7 mins
Lyrics Jenni Roditi
fm vce, pno


2004

Memories of Inanna - 14 mins
Text Lynn Gambles and Jenni Roditi
fm vce, pno


2004

Good as Gold - 17 mins
Part 1 - Old Child
Part 2 Young Child
Part 3 Soul Child
Lyrics Jenni Roditi
fm vce, pno
2004




Fragments of Now
Lyrics by JR
for fm vce and pno


2005



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Abbreviations

bsn - bassoon: cb - contra-bass (double bass): cl - clarinet: fl - flute: fm - female: hn - horn: kb - keyboard: mezzo - mezzosoprana: mvts - movements: ob - oboe: pno - piano: sop - soprano: va - viola: vc - 'cello: vce - voice: vln - violin: perc - percussion: tpt - trumpet.
SATB - soprano, alto, tenor, bass.

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