Cecilia McDowall

Christmas music


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CHRISTMAS

Annunciation (2005)

A carol for Advent
Text: John Donne
unaccompanied SSATB choir
duration: 4'
Gemini Publications
Commissioned by Janet Lince for Choros
First performance 4 December 2005
Choros/Janet Lince
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Deddington, Oxford
Programme note available

Cantate Astra (2006)

A Christmas carol
Text: Christie Dickason
unaccompanied SATB choir
duration: 3'
Due for publication by Gonzaga Music
First performance 3 December 2006
City of Canterbury Chamber Choir/George Vass
St Mary's Church, Chartham, Kent

Christ Child (1994)

A Christmas carol
Text: GK Chesterton
mixed chorus, organ
duration: 3'
Gemini Publications
First performance December 1996
Queen's Chapel of the Savoy Choir, conductor Philip Berg
Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, London
Programme note available

Christmas Bells (1993)

Chrismas carol
Text: Longfellow
SA, organ
Gemini Publications
Commissioned by Colet Court, St Paul's Preparatory School
First performance December, 1993
Colet Court Chamber Choir, conductor, Ian Hunter
St Mary Abbots, Kensington, London

Christus Natus Est Christmas Cantata (2002 rev. 2003)

Five carol arrangements in an original setting.
Soprano solo (optional), unison children's choir (optional), mixed chorus. There are three accompanying versions: Chamber orchestra [2/1.2.0.1 - 2.0.0.0 - hp - perc - strings] OR brass quintet, organ and percussion (1 player) OR organ.
duration: 15'
1 Personent hodie; 2 Entre le boeuf; 3 Gaudete; 4 Infant Holy; 5 Angelus ad virginem
Oxford University Press
Score cat no X467
First performance December 2003
St Albans Choral Society, St Albans Young Singers, Orchestra Nova/George Vass
Alban Arena, St Albans
CHRISTUS NATUS EST  listen - Personent Hodie - CDLX7146  Personent Hodie  listen - Personent Hodie - CDLX7146  Entre le boeuf  listen - Entre le boeuf - CDLX7146  Gaudete  listen - Gaudete - CDLX7146  Infant Holy  listen - Infant Holy - CDLX7146  Angelus  listen - Angelus - CDLX7146
(from CDLX7146)
Recording: Dutton Epoch CDLX 7146
Review available
Programme note available

Cradle Song (2005)

A Christmas carol
Text: William Blake
upper voices
duration: 3'
Oxford University Press
First performance 2 December 2006
Trinity Juniors Equal Voice Choir/Simona Budd
St John's, Waterloo, London
Review available

Every Winter Change to Spring Christmas Cantata (1991)

soprano solo, three-part upper voice or lower voice chorus, orchestra [1.1.1.1 - 1.1.0.0. - perc - strings] or organ or piano
duration: 20'
Gemini Publications
Commissioned by Gillian Humphreys
First performance 5 December 1991
Gillian Humphreys (s) London Musici/Mark Stephenson
St Nicholas, Chiswick, London
See also: Two Negro Spirituals

Two Negro Spirituals (1991)

soprano solo, three-part upper voice or lower voice choir, piano
duration: 6'
Gemini Publications
Commissioned by Gillian Humphreys
First performance 5 December 1991
Gillian Humphreys (s), London Musici/Mark Stephenson
St Nicholas Church, Chiswick, London
See also: Every Winter Change to Spring

Now may we singen (2007)

Christmas carol - a cappella
SATB
duration: 3'48
Oxford University Press (The Ivy and the Holly - New Horizons)
Commissioned by Concord Singers
First performance December 2007
Concord Singers, conductor Mary Lock
Corn Exchange, Bedford
Programme note available

Of a Rose (1993)

A Christmas carol - a cappella
Text: Anon
mixed chorus
duration: 3'
Gemini Publications
First performance 11 December 1993
Goodworth Singers/Alan Lloyd Davies
Royal Chelsea Hospital, London

The Angels for the Nativity (2005)

A Christmas carol
Text: William Drummond
SATB and organ
duration: 3'
Gemini Publications
First performance 10 December 2005
The Addison Singers/David Wordsworth
St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, London W4

 

Works catalogue updated 24 June 2010

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