SSAA choir, a cappella
(Upper Voices - 3 parts
or more) - Difficult
SKU:
OU.9780193413740
Three Shakespeare
Songs. Composed by
Cecilia McDowall. Secular
Choral - Upp. Voices. New
Horizons. Vocal score. 36
pages. Duration 11'.
Oxford University Press
#9780193413740. Published
by Oxford University
Press (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.