Soprano voice solo & SSATB choir unaccompanied (SATB) - Moderately Difficult SKU: OU.9780193413757
Composed by Cecilia McDowall. Sacred choral - mixed voices. Vocal score. 12 pages. Duration 5.5'. Oxford University Press #9780193413757. Published by Oxford University Press (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.