Cecilia McDowall Noten für gemischten Chor

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...

McDowall erweckt einen mystischen, grüblerischen Krippentext von Nicholas Dakin mit dramatischen oktatonischen Melodien und parallelen Bewegungen in Quarten und Quinten zum Leben. Das treibende 6/8-Me...

McDowall brings to life a mystical, brooding nativity text by Nicholas Dakin with dramatic octatonic melodies and parallel movement in fourths and fifths. The propulsive 6/8 metre is decorated with du...

A Tree is a Song wurde a cappella mit Scat-Begleitung geschrieben und ist eine fröhliche Feier der Verbindungen und der Verbundenheit mit der Natur und der Weitergabe von Weisheit und Wissen "wie eine...

Dieses glorreiche, zu Herzen gehende und bisweilen quälende Werk vertonte einen vorausschauenden Text von Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, einem Opfer des Bombenattentats von Lockerbie im Jahr 1988. McDowall...

This glorious, heartfelt, and at times agonizing work sets a prescient text by Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, a victim of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. McDowall creates a haunting sound-world through voca...

Dieser Introitus, der eine Kollekte aus dem Book of Common Prayer vertont, spielt mit McDowalls charakteristischer Verwendung von Dissonanzen und modalen Beugungen, um eine hypnotische und leicht unru...

Setting a collect from the Book of Common Prayer, this introit plays on McDowall's characteristic use of dissonance and modal inflections to create a hypnotic and slightly unsettled soundworld that re...

McDowalls ergreifender "Angel of the Battlefield", der ursprünglich vom Glasgow School of Art Choir im Rahmen des Composeher-Projekts in Auftrag gegeben wurde, ist sowohl eine Auseinandersetzung mit d...

McDowall's moving and poignant setting of this three-movement work is both an exposition on the horrors of war and a celebration of healers. Inspired by renowned nurse Clara Barton, the text is drawn...

Diese überzeugende doppelchörige Vertonung der Missa brevis wurde anlässlich des 950-jährigen Jubiläums der St. Mary Magdalen Church in Oxford geschrieben und eignet sich sowohl für liturgische als au...

Written to celebrate the 950th anniversary of St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford, this compelling double-choir Missa brevis setting is suitable for liturgical and concert settings. The music is beautiful...

Written in response to Gibbons' famous setting of the same text from Psalm 47, this piece uses syncopated rhythms, imitative polyphonic textures, and declarative homophonic moments to create a piece f...

Commissioned and first performed by the choir of Liverpool Cathedral, this anthem is ideal for use during the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. The choral lines move between sonorous homophonic writing...

This joyful and richly expressive choral cantata is a setting of what is often thought of as a Thanksgiving psalm or a psalm in praise of Harvest time. From its atmospheric opening through to its upbe...

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...

A setting of Psalm 127 (Unless the Lord builds the house), this compelling anthem possesses a luminescent quality supported by radiant harmonic textures. It is framed by Latin text taken from the Saxo...

This lively setting of the Venerable Bede's Christ is the morning star features all the hallmarks of McDowall's original and vibrant style. With rich harmonies, compelling modulations, and a flowing o...

This joyful setting of Psalm 98 is a bright and celebratory anthem of praise. The intricate organ writing offsets emphatic statements from the choir full of melodic and harmonic interest while grounde...

A Time for all Seasons is an evocative cantata that explores the complexities of the human condition. McDowall's impressive range of musical styles, effective antiphonal writing, and artful juxtaposit...

This joyous, upbeat anthem sets a text by contemporary poet Sean Street on the subject of 'alma mater', reflecting on the profound ties we can form to a time or a place. The bright, driving organ part...

Offprinted from The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems, A Prayer of St Columba is an expressive and emotive anthem with appealing, arching melodies underpinned by a sparkling organ part.

Written for the Choir of The Cathedral of St John, Albuquerque, Ash Wednesday sets typically fervent verses by Christina Rossetti. The vocal lines are mostly simple and affecting, with some highly ind...

The third movement of McDowall's powerful Da Vinci Requiem, this anthem is a compelling pairing of the 'Lacrimosa' text from the Missa pro defunctis with extracts from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vin...

The third movement of McDowall's powerful Da Vinci Requiem, this anthem is a compelling pairing of the 'Lacrimosa' text from the Missa pro defunctis with extracts from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vin...