News & Media
‘Works by Cecilia McDowall proclaim an instinctive understanding of the medium allied to the ability to speak directly to the listener and wholly without artifice.’
GRAMOPHONE
NEWS
Tenebrae sing Standing as I do before God in Windsor, London and Manchester
Tenebrae sing McDowall’s Standing as I do before God, a setting of words spoken by Nurse Edith Cavell on the eve of her execution in 1915, bound into a reflective poetic context by Seán Street. Performances inSt George’s Chapel, Windsor, 19 September, Wigmore Hall,...
The Girl from Aleppo will be performed in Cincinatti as the giant puppet, Little Amal, visits the city.
On 22 September hear the incredible story of how one Syrian refugee, Nujeen Mustafa, made it to safety through a performance of Cecilia McDowall's Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo featuring the We Are One Chorus and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, conductor...
Da Vinci Requiem premieres in Switzerland
On 11 October and 20 October Ars Vocalis will perform the Da Vinci Requiem in Lausanne and Geneva.The Kingston Choral Society and MK Chorale will perform the work on 18 November in the UK. In 2024 there will be two Come and Sing Days on 27 January and on 3 February....
On 5 July, 2023, a National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication for Their Majesties The King and Queen
On 5 July, 2023, a National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication for Their Majesties The King and Queen on the occasion of the Presentation of the Royal Honours of Scotland takes place at St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. During the pre-service music, Cecilia...
Signum Classics release Wimbledon Choral’s recording of Cecilia McDowall’s Da Vinci Requiem and her orchestral song cycle, Seventy degrees below zero.
Of the Da Vinci Requiem, The Times writes: ‘There is much sparkling and shimmering in McDowall’s writing. Cadences quiver and shiver unresolved, then vaporise as though overcome by their mysteriousness. The most persuasive historical gesture is in the Lux aeterna as...
The Sixteen release ‘a collection of works to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III’
On 7 April The Sixteen release 'a collection of works to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III' Cecilia McDowall’s anthem O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth was conceived in the final months of Elizabeth II’s reign as a counterpart to Byrd’s setting of the...
MEDIA
GALLERY
