The Conversation of Prayer for solo flute

Roxanna Panufnik (1968) is a British composer. Her music is characterized by a "world-music" sensibility, often bridging the gap between diverse religious traditions and Western classical forms.
Born in London, UK, in a family of the legendary Polish composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik. She grew up in Twickenham, in a house that served as a hub for the mid-century British musical elite. This provided her with an instinctive understanding of orchestral and choral textures from childhood.
After studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she felt discouraged by her professors, who labeled her melodic style as "naïve" and not experimental enough, she spent three years as a researcher for BBC Music and Arts. She worked on high-profile television programs like Young Musician of the Year and the Proms, gaining an immense understanding of the professional music world. Starting from the 1990s, she found herself naturally drawn back to concert commissions.
Her international reputation was solidified with the Westminster Mass, commissioned for Westminster Cathedral to mark the 75th birthday of Cardinal Basil Hume in 1998. A major pillar of her career is the "Abrahamic Project," a decade-long endeavor to find common musical threads between Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. This resulted in major works like Love Abide and Abraham, which utilize scales and rhythms from Middle Eastern traditions.
She often uses shimmering, bell-like chords that create a sense of spiritual space.