Description
for SSATB and cello 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, McDowall uses vocal clusters and haunting solo cello lines to highlight the sense of fear, awe, and majesty experienced by an individual pitted against the elements. Cecilia McDowall was awarded the 2014 British Composer Award in the Choral category for Night Flight. The solo cello part is available for sale separately.
About the Author
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 the BBC Singers, The Sixteen, and Oxford and Cambridge choirs and is regularly programmed at prestigious festivals in Britain and abroad. In 2017 McDowall was selected for an Honorary Fellow award by the Royal School of Church Music.
Reviews
McDowall's own descriptions of the three movements are apt: vigorous, majestic, and luminous respectively. Night Flight won the Choral category of the 2014 British Composer Awards, and it is easy to see why. The vocal writing is direct and colourful, and the addition of a cello to the choral texture lends an exotic and invigorating dimension to the soundworld. * Jeremy Summerly, Choir & Organ, July 15 *
Night Flight won the choral category of the 2014 British Composer Awards and it is not hard to see why. McDowall invariably brings something new and unexpected to each of her compositions and here the immediacy and range of Bryer's poetry has prompted her to refresh and extend her musical language with invigorating results. * Music Opinion, January 2017 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193408227
Author Cecilia McDowall
Page Count 32
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 100g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 210mm * 2mm
About the Author
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 the BBC Singers, The Sixteen, and Oxford and Cambridge choirs and is regularly programmed at prestigious festivals in Britain and abroad. In 2017 McDowall was selected for an Honorary Fellow award by the Royal School of Church Music.
Reviews
McDowall's own descriptions of the three movements are apt: vigorous, majestic, and luminous respectively. Night Flight won the Choral category of the 2014 British Composer Awards, and it is easy to see why. The vocal writing is direct and colourful, and the addition of a cello to the choral texture lends an exotic and invigorating dimension to the soundworld. * Jeremy Summerly, Choir & Organ, July 15 *
Night Flight won the choral category of the 2014 British Composer Awards and it is not hard to see why. McDowall invariably brings something new and unexpected to each of her compositions and here the immediacy and range of Bryer's poetry has prompted her to refresh and extend her musical language with invigorating results. * Music Opinion, January 2017 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193408227
Author Cecilia McDowall
Page Count 32
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 100g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 210mm * 2mm
