Da Vinci Requiem

Vocal score
ISBN: 978-0-19-351902-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 72 Seiten, Format (B × H): 297 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 224 g

for soprano and baritone soloists, SATB, and orchestra
This significant work from Cecilia McDowall presents an imaginative pairing of the Latin Requiem text and extracts from the Leonardo da Vinci notebooks. Da Vinci’s reflective and penetrating insights into the nature of mortality and all that it encompasses cast new light on the familiar Latin Mass, and McDowall contrasts solo and chorus movements for effective dramatization. Dark, sonorous writing contrasts with an energetic Sanctus, and a luminous Lux aeterna brings the work to a
hopefuly close.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

McDowall, Cecilia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik
• 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.