Classical Composing
Piano Reality 1 1976-7
Piano Reality 2 1978-9
My composing began when I was six, with songs. By the time I was 15 I felt the song form no longer encompassed the whole of what I wanted to say - I moved to the piano to write these two pieces. At first called 'fantasies' I decided to rename them in later years as they reflect much of the real me at the time. They were recorded at Saga Studios, (my Dad's company) in Hampstead, London.
Four Preludes
Based on TS Eliot poems
cl, vln, vc, pno, sop
performed by students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Domestic Affair 1980 - a theatre piece created by the Royal Court Young People's Theatre. Composer Jenni Roditi.
Montage of Violence - flute, vibraphone, piano.
Four short pieces for electronics,clarinet and timpani - made in the electronics studio at Middlesex Polytechnic
Pain 1
Pain 2
Pain 3
Pain 4
Songs in Green 1982 Poems by Rebecca Swift. Performed by students at the Guildhall School of Music.
Young, there was an existence
Giant Towers
Again, again
From a height, suddenly
Poem for a Birthday 1982 Based on poetry by Silvia Plath.
fl, cl, vln, vln2, va, vc, cb, perc. Performed by undergraduates at the Guildhall School of Music.
Part 1 (This part was not recorded due to lack of rehearsal time)
Part 2
Lying in the Boat 1983
2 mezzo, cl, vln, vc, pno
The piece sets to music an old Chinese poem. (Lyrics) Performed by students of the Guildhall School of Music.
The score came to the attention of the Society for Promotion of New Music (SPNM) reading panel. In the comments returned they said: "Somehow manages to be both quirky and conventional, it has the right kind of consistency to suggest real potential, which is reason to foam at the mouth!"
Movement for Chamber Orchestra 1984
fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tpt, vln, vln, va, vc, cb
Performed by Lontano at the Music Nova Festival Glasgow, 1984. It received an Honourable Mention as part of the Festival's competition for new works.
Turning Point 1984 Peter Wiegold's cabaret/cross over band.
Hyper Expansion (no recording)
Specialisation - performed by Jenni Roditi, Peter Wiegold, Liz Perry, Edward Pillinger
Gemini Bhavan
Fruit Gathering 1985 - inspired by the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore.
Voice Jenni Roditi, DX7 Peter Wiegold, Saxophone Edward Pillinger, Sitar Deepak, Tabla Arup, Indian flute Clive Bell.
September Boxes - 1985 Guildhall Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Lionel Friend. Performed at the Guildhall School of Music.
This was my final year big undergraduate project. I got my first professional review from Keith Potter of Classical Music magazine with this piece. He said "by far the best piece. A brittle, occasionally even brash, somewhat Varesian work, full of panache, but also a fine sense of how to handle such drama in orchestral terms."
It's called September Boxes because I created the ideas for the piece by making musical graphic doodles in a series of different shaped and sized boxes, on a sheet of paper.
Spirit Child Prelude- Voice: Sianed Jones, Duduk: Dirk Campbell and the Lontano ensemble. See Spirit Child for full details.
Devotion that Moves the Heart - see Devotion that Moves the Heart for full details.
When God Made Time - from Quiet Mind.
Raw Song (Inanna and Free Voice). RealPlayer film clip. See here for more film clips.
Tracks released on third party CD
The Riddle - from Cuff Clout - an album by Kate Westbrook. Lyrics by Kate Westbrook, music by Jenni Roditi.
All I Want - from Home Made Orchestra album Inside Covers. Jenni's arrangement of a song All I Want by Joni Mitchell.
MP3s of the full versions will be available to buy to download in the near future - watch this space.
All songs © Jenni Roditi. All rights reserved. All songs are registered with the MCPS/PRS alliance.