Ave Maria
MCDOWALL, Cecilia
Vocal score (NH35)
Price: £2.15
ISBN-10: 0-19-335556-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-335556-9
SSA unaccompanied
Duration: 2'
Level: easy
Publication date: 2 March 2006
Series: New Horizons
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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 genres, both secular
and sacred, and includes pieces for upper-voice and mixed choirs. With titles by some of the most accomplished choral composers active in Great Britain and abroad, the series introduces new repertoire
and fresh talent to a broad spectrum of choirs.
New Horizons features composers with growing reputations for quality composition reflecting a strong individual voice. The series is continually
expanding and should be the first place to look for attractive and performable contemporary choral music. for SSA unaccompanied
This is the second and most intimate of the composer's 'Three Latin
Motets'. Scored for upper voices, this gentle supplication to the Virgin is built on a plainchant opening, and contains expressive dissonances and suspensions in a setting of great purity and
directness.
Blessed Virgin Mary
- 'In her Ave Maria Cecilia McDowall reminds us that the text is that of The Angelic Salutation, but the note is rendered unnecessary by the beautiful and haunting three- part writing . . .
The overall effect is magical, though - a good, echoing stone venue is required.' -Music Teacher November 06
- 'Cecilia McDowall may not be a familiar name to everyone, but several of her
quietly accomplished choral works have now appeared in print, including here a SATB Ave Regina and a SSA Ave Maria, both from 2004, each made with the same clarity of structure and judicious,
expressive use of dissonance.' -Matthew Greenall, The Singer Oct 06
- 'Writing for SSA only, McDowall makes a virtue of carefully placed repetitions. In the Ave Regina it is the appoggiaturas
that recur; here it is a pair of laddering motifs, the one rising in close harmony quavers, the other cascading down in chains of suspensions. Once again, sensitivity to the words - their passion,
their dignity, and their metrical quantities - is faultless.' -Choir & Organ 2006
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.
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