Cecilia McDowall

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...

Cecilia McDowall's fresh and appealing style is amply displayed in this cycle, subtitled 'Three Shakespeare Songs' and first performed by the BBC Singers. In total, six Shakespeare texts are used, and...

Experience the sublime beauty of sacred choral music with this magnificent edition of 'Regina Caeli', published by the renowned Oxford University Press. As a traditional Marian antiphon, this work emb...

Este jubiloso villancico presenta un evocador texto del siglo XIV que celebra el nacimiento de Cristo. Con un ritmo cadencioso y medieval y metros cambiantes, Of A Rose ha sido grabado por The Sixteen...

Make we joy now in this fest is a lively and vibrant setting of a 15th-century macaronic text. An eminently memorable and energetic chorus frames expressive verses that vividly illuminate the medieval...

For SSATB unaccompanied. New Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral...

Setting a fifteenth-century English text containing some short Latin passages, this is a joyful, dance-like carol with a medieval feel. Now may we singen was originally published in the New Horizons c...

Traditionally sung on Christmas Eve, 'O Virgo virginum' is often described as the eighth ‘O' Antiphon and praises Mary, ‘O virgin of (amongst) virgins.' McDowall's setting is vigorous and joyful, with...

para SSATBB sin acompañamiento Un bello motete mariano a 6 voces sin acompañamiento escrito para el Marian Consort. La obra combina reminiscencias renacentistas de este texto con la distintiva voz con...

SATB sin acompañamiento Este conjunto de Preces y Responses fue encargado por el London Festival of Contemporary Church Music para su festival de 2010. El trabajo es edificante, bellamente elaborado,...

para SATB (divisi) con 2 solos de soprano Esta atractiva pieza interpreta las Lamentaciones de Jeremías. Los pasajes superpuestos de música entre los solistas y el coro crean un efecto dramático, mien...

Setting a text spoken by Nurse Edith Cavell on the eve of her execution in 1915 and re-fashioned by the poet Sean Street, McDowall has created a work of haunting beauty. It is equally suitable for fun...

Setting a well-known poem by Percy Shelley, Love's Philosophy is a sweet and tender choral song reflecting on the idea of love with reference to nature and the interdependent relationships evident in...

para coro doble SATB sin acompañamiento Inspirada en el cuadro de A. E. Borthwick del mismo título, The Presence (La Presencia) recoge versos de los Salmos 18, 27, 36, 112 y 119 relacionados principal...

para SATB (con divisiones) sin acompañamiento Este villancico de Adviento está basado en palabras de los Sonetos Sagrados de John Donne. McDowall crea una atmósfera cautivadora mientras las voces expl...

Bring festive radiance to your choral repertoire with this evocative setting of the traditional Marian antiphon "Regina Caeli", published by the prestigious Oxford University Press. Scored for mixed c...

Esta obra, solemne y dramática a la vez, recoge una plegaria tradicional latina en la que se alaba a la Virgen María, con líneas melódicas intensas que son a la vez firmes y cautivadoras, reflejando e...

Make we joy now in this fest es una puesta en escena viva y vibrante de un texto macarrónico del siglo XV. Un coro eminentemente memorable y enérgico enmarca unos versos expresivos que iluminan vívida...

The charming and vibrant melody of this attractive carol for choir and piano glides above harmonies that are almost entirely diatonic, but whose originality and frequent passing dissonances mean that...

This delightful work brings together arrangements of four well-loved folksongs: 'Green Bushes', 'The Rambling Sailor', 'The Crystal Spring', and 'O, No John!'. A Fancy of Folksongs can be accompanied...

Commissioned by Roderick Williams, this characterful trilogy of songs sets poems by John Greening that present a vibrant, modern take on each of Schubert's song cycles.

The organ part is supportive, but full of interest and not merely accompanimental. Particularly memorable are the jaunty Gloria, with its constantly shifting time-signatures, and the haunting Agnus De...

Maravillas cotidianas: La chica de Alepo cuenta la extraordinaria historia de Nujeen Mustafa, una adolescente kurda con parálisis cerebral obligada por la guerra a huir de su hogar y emprender un ardu...

This is an uplifting and expressive setting of a fun, descriptive text by Christie Dickason that characterizes the sky in an imaginative way. The compelling melodies are underpinned by a dynamic piano...

para SSATB y órgano Este himno conmemora la Primera Guerra Mundial. Contiene un crudo texto en inglés del Dr. Joseph Spence que transmite la implacable dureza de la vida en las trincheras, junto con p...