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Cecilia McDowall - Da Vinci Requiem (full score)

for soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra This significant seven-movement work from Cecilia McDowall presents an imaginative pairing of extracts from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci with texts from the Latin Missa pro defunctis. Da Vinci's reflective and penetrating insights into the nature of mortality and all that it encompasses cast new light on the familiar Requiem texts, and McDowall employs her orchestral forces to create a rich, atmospheric backdrop to the profound narrative presented by the chorus and soprano and baritone soloists. Dark, sonorous writing precedes an energetic 'Sanctus', and the closing bars of the luminous 'Lux aeterna' create a powerful allusion to da Vinci's concept of 'The Perspective of Disappearance'.

Missa pro defunctis The

Missa pro defunctis The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Sonorous, dark, flowing q. = 46 Flute Oboe Clarinet 1 in Bb Bass Clarinet in Bb Bassoon 1 1 2 1 2 Contrabassoon Horn in F 1 2 ° 12 & 8 12 & 8 12 & 8 12 & œ 8 œ nœ #œ œ # œ #œ œ nœ # œ # œ mp legato œ nœ # œ # œ œ œ ? 12 8 # œ œ œ # œ œ œ nœ j # œ J ? 12 ¢ 8 ° 12 & 8 Commissioned by Wimbledon Choral Society and its music director Neil Ferris to mark its centenary. p In loving memory of Helly Bliss and for all those who grieve. ‘If the Lord, who is the light of all things, vouchsafe to enlighten me, I will treat of Light.’—Leonardo da Vinci DA VINCI REQUIEM La Prospettiva de’ perdimenti (The Perspective of Disappearance) ∑ ∑ œ # œ nœ# œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ nœ# œ œ # œ 2 œ œ œ 2 œ # œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ# œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ p legato 2 p 2 2 ∑ 1. Introit and Kyrie ∑ ∑ ∑ CECILIA McDOWALL œ nœ œ # œ # œ œ nœ œ J œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ bœ for online perusal only Trumpet in Bb Timpani Percussion Harp SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS Violin I Violin II Viola Cello Double Bass 1 2 12 ¢ & 8 ? 12 8 ° 12 ¢ & 8 ∑ ∑ 12 & { 8 bœ# œ # œ# œ Ó œ œ œ bœ # œ # œ# œ œ œ œ E§ F# G§ A§ Bb C# D# p ? 12 8 œ > œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ > # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ Sonorous, dark, flowing q. = 46 ° 12 & 8 ∑ ∑ ? 12 ¢ 8 ∑ ∑ ° 12 & 8 12 & 8 ∑ ∑ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B 12 8 ˙ œ j ‰ ‰ Œ ˙ œ j ‰ ‰ Œ p ? 12 8 œ œ bœ # œ œ # œ œ #œ nœ # œ œ œ nœ # œ œ œ bœ œ œ # œ # œ # œ ? 12 ¢ 8 æw pp Sonorous, dark, flowing q. = 46 mp legato © Oxford University Press 2019 p ∑ ∑ æw 2 2 2 2 ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ bœ Property of the Music Hire Library OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP The Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL. ∑ ∑ Œ œ œ # > œ œ œ bœ b > œ œ nœ Printed in Great Britain

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