Cecilia McDowall

Songs of the North sets three texts from 'Poem of the North', a poetic collaboration celebrating 50 years of the Northern Poetry Library. As part of the project, poems were written with a new '821' fo...

In this musical exploration of meteorology Cecilia McDowall sets a fascinating libretto by Kate Wakeling. It is inspired by three important figures in this field of science: Anders Celsius, Eunice New...

Mit „Mein blaues Klavier“ präsentiert der renommierte Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag ein klangvolles und ausdrucksstarkes Werk für Kammermusik-Liebhaber. Die Komposition besticht durch ihre poetisch...

Mit „Three Songs after Schubert“ aus dem renommierten Verlag Oxford University Press erwartet Sie ein faszinierendes Vokalwerk, das Tradition und Moderne meisterhaft verwebt. Ursprünglich von dem gefe...

„A Prayer of St Columba“ (ursprünglich erschienen in der renommierten Sammlung „The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems“ von Oxford University Press) ist ein tief berührendes und ausdrucksstarkes Cho...

For this joyous piece, McDowall set a text from the Ambrosian Rite celebrating the Virgin Mary's recent motherhood. The lively organ accompaniment and strong rhythmic drive create an instantly celebra...

„Now is the Time“ von Cecilia McDowall ist ein mitreißendes, optimistisches Chorwerk für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Klavier, erschienen bei Oxford University Press. Die Komposition vertont inspirieren...

This beautiful anthem, set to words by Timothy Rees and the composer, celebrates God's all-encompassing love for mankind. The gentle melody introduced in verse 1 by the sopranos prevails throughout an...

Brooke's arrangement of this traditional sea shanty is invigorating and atmospheric. Changing voices will enjoy the theme of trains and ships in the text, as well as the boisterous call-and-response t...

A powerfully emotive setting that contrasts moments of reflection with declamatory exultation, Psalm 57 uses passages from the eponymous psalm in the King James translation. Written in 1972, it is ded...

In this energetic setting of a text by Kate Wakeling, McDowall employs crisp rhythms and imitative part-writing to evoke a hive's busy co-operative community. Listeners are encouraged to take inspirat...

This famous Christmas carol is set to Redner's tune, which is the version most known in The United States. Rutter has also included a descant for the final verse. Offprinted from the collection Joy to...

Mit „When time is broke: Three Shakespeare Songs“ präsentiert Oxford University Press eine musikalische Kostbarkeit für anspruchsvolle Frauenchöre (SSAA a cappella, mit Stimmteilungen). Ursprünglich b...

From the collection As you sing, 'Now is the time' is a secular concert work by Cecilia McDowall, scored for upper voices with piano. Setting inspirational words by Marie Curie, this optimistic piece...

This richly expressive cantata sets five discrete texts, each reflecting a different aspect of Christmastide. The first movement sets a poem by Tennyson to an instantly memorable, eager melody. 'Good...

Bereichern Sie Ihre Chormusik und Gottesdienste mit den stimmungsvollen „Preces and Responses“ für gemischten Chor (SATB a cappella) aus dem renommierten Verlag Oxford University Press. Dieses ausdruc...

The text is that of a standard Latin Missa brevis, to which several relevant English poetic texts have been added. The first and last of these are taken from Bishop Thomas Ken's renowned morning and e...

Composed for performance at degree ceremonies at the University of Portsmouth, this work captures the joy and excitement of such occasions, partly through the incorporation of a quote from Thomas Rave...

Composed for performance at degree ceremonies at the University of Portsmouth, this work captures the joy and excitement of such occasions, partly through the incorporation of a quote from Thomas Rave...

Originally written for SATB, this hymn to the 'Queen of the Heavens' is a glorious work, replete with dramatic changes of mood and texture. The majestic chords of the opening bars quickly give way to...

Commissioned by Ralph Woodward and the Fairhaven Singers in memory of Dora Kemp, one of the choir's sopranos, God is Light sets lines from Psalm 139, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 John. It moves from an unse...

Mit „I know that my redeemer liveth“ präsentiert Oxford University Press eine tief berührende und ausdrucksstarke Motette für unbegleiteten gemischten Chor (SSA(A)TB). Ursprünglich konzipiert, um Seit...

McDowall's setting of Isaac Watts' Cradle Hymn is beautifully tender, coloured by its rich harmonies, suspensions, and chromatic notes. The melodies are complimented by sustained 'oo's and 'ah's and r...

Written in an a cappella style with scat accompaniment, A Tree is a Song is a joyful celebration of the affinity between trees and how wisdom can be passed on 'as a melody from tree to tree'. McDowall...

First performed by the choirs of St Paul's, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, this anthem sets a medieval English poem to contemplative music with all the hallmarks of McDowall's style: ex...