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Secular repertoire<br />
Cecilia McDowall<br />
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo<br />
This powerful work, now available in a version for<br />
SSAA, tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa,<br />
a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war<br />
to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey<br />
to Europe with her sister.<br />
A wealth of musical effects are employed to capture the<br />
narrative, including chorales, rhythmic spoken sections,<br />
body percussion, and a solo violin part infused with<br />
Middle Eastern flavours. There is also an SATB version.<br />
SSAA, solo violin, and piano<br />
18 mins, Moderately Difficult<br />
In February 2020,<br />
Cecilia met Nujeen<br />
Mustafa (the girl<br />
whose story Cecilia<br />
set to music in<br />
Everyday Wonders:<br />
The Girl from Aleppo)<br />
during the Emirates<br />
LitFest, where the work received it’s Dubai<br />
premiere, and they took part in an interval<br />
talk about Nujeen’s experiences and the<br />
musical project. Recently cited by Bachtrack<br />
as the world’s most-performed female<br />
composer, Cecilia celebrates her 70th<br />
birthday in 2021.<br />
978-0-19-353386-8 | Publishing August 2020<br />
Ian Assersohn<br />
Slow Down<br />
Slow Down has a relaxed swing<br />
feel, with imaginative lyrics by<br />
the composer that encourage<br />
us to take time out of our busy<br />
lives. The vocal lines explore<br />
a swung quaver style, along<br />
with scat syllables and jazzy<br />
harmonies, all underpinned by<br />
a supportive yet characterful<br />
piano part. Also available for<br />
cambiata voices and piano in the<br />
Emerging Voices series.<br />
Photo credit: Karina-Lyburn<br />
‘‘<br />
The music bursts with compassion. The Birmingham Post<br />
‘<br />
David Bednall<br />
Idyll<br />
In this bittersweet pastoral<br />
setting, Bednall’s flowing<br />
melody lines are paired with<br />
the tender words of the poet,<br />
Siegfried Sasson. The 5/4 metre<br />
lends a wistful whimsical feel to<br />
the music, allowing the piece to<br />
flow freely, whilst retaining the<br />
playful syncopation so familiar<br />
in folk music.<br />
TTBB and piano<br />
3 mins, Easy<br />
TTBB vocal score: 978-0-19-353213-7 | Published October 2019<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
4 mins, Moderately Difficult<br />
978-0-19-353277-9 | Published November 2019<br />
CCBar vocal score: 978-0-19-353009-6 | Published June 2019<br />
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