Cecilia McDowall Everyday Wonders upper voices version

for SSAA, solo violin, and piano Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo, here re-scored for upper voices, tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe with her sister. In this five-movement cantata Nujeen's story - recounted in her biography 'The Girl from Aleppo' (co-authored by Christina Lamb) - is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland and richly scored by Cecilia McDowall. A wealth of musical effects are employed to capture the narrative, including chorales, rhythmic spoken sections, body percussion, and a solo violin part infused with Middle Eastern flavours. The prevailing mood of Nujeen's story is embodied by the final line of a chorale that bookends this unique concert work: 'singing the song of life itself.' Find out more here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/everyday-wonders-the-girl-from-aleppo-9780193533868

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin Crossley-Holland (b. 1941) SOLO VIOLIN Commissioned by the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain in celebration of its 20th anniversary. This upper-voice version was made specially for James Mews and Music in Action, Jersey, 2020. Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo & 1. Orphans of the World Expressive q = c.72 3 4 ‰ œ j > œ œ j œ j œ j œ bœ œ j ‰ œ œ j # œ œ j œ ˙ œ j œ œ œ bw > > > > > > f impassioned, exaggerated, in Middle Eastern fashion ° SOPRANO 1 & 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ CECILIA McDOWALL SOPRANO 2 & 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ALTO ¢ & 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ PIANO Expressive q = c.72 4 & ∑ ∑ ∑ { ? 4 for online perusal only ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ Œ in the manner of a hammered dulcimer 6 6 6 > œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœœ mf freely mp > ˙ ˙ con Ped. sempre 5 & ‰ > œ œ j œ > œ # œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ > b j 3 # œ j œ ˙ ‰ œ j > 3 5 # œ œ œ œ ‰ œ j œ œ œ œ œ & { ? www w w Œ Œ > œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœœ mf > ˙ ˙ 6 6 6 mp www w w Music © Oxford University Press 2018 and 2020. Text © Kevin Crossley-Holland 2018. Printed in Great Britain OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP. The Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

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