SKU: OU.9780193413757
ISBN 9780193413757. 12 x 8 inches.
For soprano solo and SSATB unaccompanied Cecilia, Busy Like a Bee is a reflective setting of a text adapted from the Divine Office for St Cecilia's Day. The influence of plainchant is particularly apparent in the soprano solo, and McDowall intersperses effective imitative passages amidst homophonic writing with rich harmonies.
SKU: OU.9780193413740
ISBN 9780193413740. 10 x 7 inches.
for SSAA (with divisions) unaccompanied Cecilia McDowall's fresh and appealing style is amply displayed in this cycle, subtitled 'Three Shakespeare Songs'. In total, six Shakespeare texts are used, and McDowall's response encompasses a fleet-footed impression of Scottish fiddle music, a gorgeously plangent slow movement, and a helter-skelter finale that broadens to a mysteriously pitchless ending. Also available for SSATB.
SKU: OU.9780193519022
ISBN 9780193519022. 12 x 8 inches.
For soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra This significant work from Cecilia McDowall presents an imaginative pairing of the Latin Requiem text and extracts from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, with contrasting solo and chorus movements creating an effective dramatization.
SKU: OU.9780193408210
ISBN 9780193408210. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB and cello Night Flight was written to mark the centenary of Harriet Quimby's pioneering flight across the English channel and won the 2014 British Composer Award in the Choral category. McDowall uses vocal clusters and haunting solo cello lines to set texts by Sheila Bryer on the mysterious powers of the sea, earth, and air.
SKU: OU.9780193396982
ISBN 9780193396982. 10 x 7 inches.
For SSATB and organ McDowall's Candlemas is a celebratory and powerful piece. Making use of choral divisions and suspensions and a dynamic organ part, this setting of Denise Levertov's text (on the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple) is reverent, yet joyous, and is ideal for a liturgical setting.
SKU: OU.9780193525627
ISBN 9780193525627. 10 x 7 inches.
For SSATB unaccompanied An atmospheric setting of Caliban's dream from The Tempest, this piece transports the listener to a dream-like place. McDowall's immersive harmonies and ornamentation perfectly characterise the reverie Shakespeare's protagonist describes.
SKU: OU.9780193386624
ISBN 9780193386624. 12 x 8 inches.
The Orgelbuchlein Project is a long running project to complete Bach's unfinished collection of organ music. McDowall has composed music for 'ghost' Chorale 119 (336) BWV 258 as her contribution to completing the set of Chorales.
SKU: OU.9780193378339
ISBN 9780193378339. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATBB unaccompanied A beautiful 6-part unaccompanied Marian motet written for the Marian Consort. The work combines reminiscences of Renaissance settings of this text with McDowall's distinctive contemporary voice.
SKU: OU.9780193564282
ISBN 9780193564282. 11 x 9 inches.
For SATB and piano or strings and percussion The three-movement Music of the Stars offers an enlightening commentary on music's power to console and uplift in challenging times. Characterful string writing accompanies engaging vocal lines, with McDowall artfully employing percussion to sprinkle celestial sparkle throughout the score.
SKU: OU.9780193415652
ISBN 9780193415652. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB unaccompanied This anthem sets lines from Psalm 139, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 John, moving from an unsettled tonality at the beginning, through anguished false relations and wistful expressivity, to find triumphant resolution in a blazing A major at the end. Like all of McDowall's music, it is well crafted and singable.
SKU: OU.9780193512603
ISBN 9780193512603. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB and piano McDowall's setting is optimistic and appealing, with charming interplay between the voices and piano. The inspirational words are by Marie Curie.
SKU: OU.9780193373679
ISBN 9780193373679. 12 x 8 inches.
Written as the test piece for the CAVATINA Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition held at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, this short piece gives ensembles an opportunity to display their creativity by allowing experimentation with texture, dynamics, and articulation.
SKU: OU.9780193522589
ISBN 9780193522589. 11 x 9 inches.
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe with her sister.
