Night Flight

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-340822-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 32 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 100 g

Reihe: New Horizons

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 unresolved harmonies, along with 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McDowall, Cecilia

Weitere Mitwirkende

McDowall, Cecilia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassische Musik des 20./21. Jahrhunderts

Über Autor(innen)

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.