SSATB a cappella
Text: adapted from the Divine Office for St Cecilia’s Day
Duration: 5.5′
Oxford University Press
First performance 22 November, 2016 | Chapel of Royal Holloway University, Surrey, UK | Rupert Gough, conductor
Reflective and reverential, the influence of plainchant is particularly apparent in the soprano solo, and McDowall intersperses effective imitative passages amidst homophonic writing with rich harmonies.
Programme note
Link to Score:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cecilia-busy-like-a-bee-9780193413757