Matériel : Vocal Score
Da Vinci Requiem by Cecilia McDowall 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'.
SKU: OU.9780193519022
ISBN 9780193519022. 12 x 8 inches.
For soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra This significant work from Cecilia McDowall presents an imaginative pairing of the Latin Requiem text and extracts from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, with contrasting solo and chorus movements creating an effective dramatization.