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Magnificat
Conductor's score and parts on hire
978-0-19-336482-0
20 November 2008
Price: Available on request
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for SATB, sop and mezzo soli and chamber orchestra. McDowall has skilfully united luscious harmonies with fresh melodies and crisp rhythms in this vibrant concert work. Divided into six movements, the Magnificat is ideal for SATB choirs seeking fresh and inspiring repertoire suitable for church or concert use. Instrumental parts and vocal scores are available on hire/rental. Forces or CategorySATB, soprano solo, mezzo-soprano solo & chamber orchestra/pianoDuration28
minutesDifficultyModerately difficultOrchestration2 ob (I+ca), bn, str
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Cecilia McDowall (b.1951) Educated at Edinburgh and London Universities, Cecilia McDowall has been described by the International Record Review as having a 'communicative gift that is very rare in modern music. An award-winning composer, McDowall is often inspired by extra-musical influences, and her choral writing combines rhythmic vitality with expressive lyricism. Her music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by leading choirs, among them Phoenix Chorale and the Choir of New College, Oxford, and is regularly programmed at prestigious festivals in Britain and abroad.Cecilia McDowall's
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"Her setting of the Magnificat is quite splendid, in that it 'grows' in intensity as the text progresses; by the time of the concluding chorus, Deposuit potentes, a genuine sense of exultation (without exaggeration) has been achieved." - International Record Review, March 2005 "This graceful, reflective work adorned with deft, Baroque flourishes, has already been recorded by the Canterbury Chamber Choir . . . and their assured singing radiated with the confidence of a team with this elegant choral piece in their blood." - Tempo 2006 "Comes highly recommended for choral societies looking for something a bit different that isn't the Mozart Requiem but won't scare off the audience. It's an uplifting and
interesting setting." "The choral parts present no technical difficulty; the textures are fresh, harmonically uncomplicated and with an admiral balance between contrapuntal and homophonic writing - clearly rewarding to prepare and perform. The soloists are presented with more challenging material and an appealing and imaginative duet, Fecit potentiam, with fearless dissonances." - Patric Standford, Choir & Organ, June 09
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Magnificat
Ecce enim ex hoc beatam
Quia fecit mihi magna
Et misericordia
Fecit potentiam
Deposuit potentes
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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