Cecilia McDowall
A Gaelic Blessing
for SSATB unaccompanied
Cecilia McDowall
A Gaelic Blessing
for SSATB unaccompanied
- Besetzung Gemischter Chor (SSATB)
- Komponist Cecilia McDowall
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Schwierigkeit
- Ausgabe Chorpartitur
- Verlag Oxford University Press
- Bestell-Nr. 9780193564831
Beschreibung:
A Gaelic Blessing was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh, McDowall's alma mater, for performance by the Edinburgh University Singers conducted by Calum Robertson. This meditative, folk-style anthem is given a Scottish lilt through the use of Scotch snap rhythms and held drone-like vocal lines. The text is a traditional Scottish Gaelic blessing, translated by the Right Reverend Ian Paton, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane. McDowall chose this text for the 'warmth and simplicity' of the words that seem to 'resonate with the times in which we live'.