Cecilia McDowall

Le Temps Viendra für Oboe (Englischhorn), Klarinette (Bassklarinette) und Klavier setzt sich mit Anne Boleyns (2. Ehefrau von Heinrich dem VIII) Vorahnung des nahenden Todes auseinander. Das Läuten vo...

Im Zentrum der Komposition 'Cavatina at Midnight' stehen Bezüge zu der herausragenden Cavatina, dem 5. Satz aus Beethovens Streichquartett in B-Dur, op. 130. Die Formvielfalt und Schattierungen der la...

Meet-Cute è un omaggio leggero e giocoso alla gioia e all’emozione di innamorarsi. Sul testo di Charles Anthony Silvestri, questa gioia si concretizza attraverso ritmi sinuosi, scat vocali e dolci arm...

This delightful choral work brings together arrangements of four well-loved folksongs: 'Green Bushes', 'The Rambling Sailor', 'The Crystal Spring', and 'O, No John!'. The harp accompaniment is ideal f...

This joyful and expressive choral cantata is a setting of what is often thought of as a Thanksgiving psalm or a psalm in praise of Harvest time. From its atmospheric opening to its upbeat ending, the...

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...

The patron saint of music is honoured in McDowall's setting of lyrics based on 'The Life of Saint Cecilia' in Jacobus de Voragine's 1275 The Golden Legend or Lives Of The Saints. The work's outer sect...

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 clus...

First performed by the choirs of St Paul's, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, this anthem sets a medieval English poem to contemplative music with all the hallmarks of McDowall's style: ex...

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, McDo...