OUP Women Composers Orchestral, Opera, Chamber, Instrumental and Choral Catalogue

Cecilia McDowall Now is

Cecilia McDowall Now is the Time SATB or SSA and piano SATB Vocal score 9780193512603 SATB Digital 9780193544581 SSA Digital † 9780193545441 Written for the 2016 ‘Requiem to Cancer’ event at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, Now is the Time sets hopeful and inspirational words by Marie Curie. McDowall’s setting is optimistic and appealing, with charming interplay between the voices and piano. 3.5 minutes On the Air (Dear Vaccine) SSATB unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193563278 On the Air (Dear Vaccine) discusses the optimism for a post-COVID world and, particularly, the desire to sing together again. 6 minutes Photo 51 SSATB unaccompanied Vocal score 9780193543621 Digital 9780193549067 Composed for International Women’s Day, this mesmerising piece celebrates the centennary of Rosalind Franklin and sets her own words with additional text by the poet Seán Street. McDowall’s tribute to this underappreciated chemist and crystallographer combines intricate, intertwining melodies with ethereal harmonies beautifully capturing Franklin’s part in the discovery of the double helix structure. 4 minutes A red, red rose Soprano solo and SSATB Vocal score 9780193400917 Written for the wedding of the composer’s niece in 2012, this piece affectionately sets a poem of the same title by Robert Burns. It was first performed by Chantage in London’s Church of Scotland, St Columba’s, conducted by James Davey. With something intrinsically Scottish about it, this setting of the well-loved poem, although written specifically for a wedding, would suit almost any occasion. 5 minutes Sigh no more, ladies SATB and piano Digital † 9780193545427 To mark the four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, the anthology Shall I compare thee? features ten Shakespeare settings by Oxford composers. This piece by Cecilia McDowall sets the famous text from Much Ado About Nothing and is available separately in digital format only. 3 minutes Would Like To Meet SSA and piano Vocal score 9780193402607 Digital 9780193535947 Would Like To Meet is taken from a suite of three pieces by Cecilia McDowall called Lonely Hearts, composed in 2005. The whimsical text by Christie Dickason is a lonely hearts column written from the perspective of various animals and plants, and this imaginative theme is perfectly complemented by McDowall’s spirited and fun setting. The mood is light and energetic, the piano part characterful, and the accessible and appealing vocal lines feature interspersions of scat writing. 2.5 minutes 54

Advent & Christmas Works Christus Natus Est Soprano solo, SATB, children’s choir, and piano/ organ/chamber orchestra/brass Vocal score 9780193358935 Hire score and parts - brass quintet 9780193359178 Hire score and parts - chamber version 9780193359185 Hire vocal scores 9780193376755 This Christmas cantata presents a sequence of five carols. McDowall gives the familiar melodies a colourful, new harmonic treatment, and the arrangements range in atmosphere from tenderness to joyful exaltation. Personent Hodie • Entre le boeuf • Gaudete • Infant holy, infant lowly • Angelus ad virginem 15 minutes A Winter’s Night SATB, brass quintet, organ, and percussion Vocal score 9780193403680 Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193403697 Hire vocal scores 9780193411647 This engaging fifteen-minute cantata combines several popular carols to create a performance full of Christmas spirit. Through creative re-harmonization, rhythmic variation, and imaginative linking passages, McDowall creates a joyful atmosphere, with both familiar and surprising material. 15 minutes Cecilia McDowall 55