Par BECKSCHAFER MAX. / Date parution : 2023-03-21/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte (SSATB) a Cappella

Par BECKSCHAFER MAX. / Date parution : 2023-03-21/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte (SSATB) a Cappella

Par BECKSCHAFER MAX. / Date parution : 2023-03-21/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte (SSATB) a Cappella

Cecilia McDowall's Night Flight for SSATB and Cello.Night Flight was written to mark the centenary of Harriet Quimby's pioneering flight across the English channel. Setting texts by Sheila Bryer on the mysterious powers of the sea earth and air McDowall uses vocal clusters and haunting solo Cello lines to highlight the sense of fear awe and majesty experienced by an individual pitted against the elements. Cecilia McDowall was awarded the 2014 British Composer Award in the Choral category for Night Flight.The solo Cello part is available for sale separately.

For choir (SSATB) and Organ.Published 2004.Commissioned by St Catharine's College Cambridge for the 300th anniversary of the consecration of the chapel.First performance: Dr Edward Wickham Max Pappenheinz(organ scholar) and the St Catharine's Chapel Choir 25th November 2004.Conducting and organ score.

My song is love unknown. My song is love unknown is an expressive and fluid setting of the well-known Lenten text by Samuel Crossman. McGlade highlights the phrase 'take frail flesh and die' with a sighing musical motif, before the work closes with the affirmation 'heaven was his home, but mine the tomb where he lay'.

This atmospheric anthem by Cecilia McDowall commemorates the First World War. It sets a stark English text by Dr Joseph Spence alongside Latin text from Psalm 130 with the words 'In memoriam' added. The lower parts sing Spence's English text conveying the relentless hardship of life in the trenches with declamatory and constantly developing vocal lines. The sopranos meanwhile repeat the Latin words from Psalm 130 providing a striking contrast in their constancy and otherworldliness.

Cecilia McDowall's I Know That My Redeemer Liveth for SSA(A)TB unaccompanied. This attractive motet was written for performance alongside Brahms's Requiem following the precedent of Handel's famous setting of the same text being sung at the premiere of the Brahms in 1868. The gracefully sculpted music clothes the text with touching melodies expressive harmonies and varied sonorities.

In this setting which includes salient fragments for St Luke's gospel (in Greek) alongside the customary text from the Book of Common Prayer Finnissy renders this excitement joy awe and trepidation in music.