for SSATB unaccompanied
This solemn yet dramatic work sets a traditional Latin prayer lauding the Virgin Mary, with intense melodic lines that are at once steadfast and arresting, reflecting the mystery of the immaculate conception. McDowall combines modal writing with harmonic complexity, creating moments of drama amid allusions to the plainsong chant and an unsettled, lydian close.
While Tota pulchra es is particularly appropriate for Advent and Christmas, this work is also suited to concert performance.
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Maße
Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
Dicke: 1 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-19-357823-4 (9780193578234)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
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.
