Format : Vocal Score
This joyful and richly expressive choral cantata is a setting of what is often thought of as a Thanksgiving psalm or a psalm in praise of Harvest time. From its atmospheric opening through to its upbeat ending the work contrasts driving rhythms with quietly reflective passages for soprano solo. It can be performed with or without trumpet. Suitable for any celebratory occasion Psalm 65 is a vibrant concert work and a great joy to sing.
SKU: OU.9780193400948
ISBN 9780193400948. 12 x 8 inches.
for soprano solo, SATB choir, organ (or keyboard), and trumpet (optional) This joyful and richly expressive choral cantata is a setting of what is often thought of as a Thanksgiving psalm or a psalm in praise of Harvest time. From its atmospheric opening through to its upbeat ending, the work contrasts driving rhythms with quietly reflective passages for soprano solo. It can be performed with or without trumpet. Suitable for any celebratory occasion, Psalm 65 is a vibrant concert work and a great joy to sing.
SKU: OU.9780193415652
ISBN 9780193415652. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB unaccompanied This anthem sets lines from Psalm 139, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 John, moving from an unsettled tonality at the beginning, through anguished false relations and wistful expressivity, to find triumphant resolution in a blazing A major at the end. Like all of McDowall's music, it is well crafted and singable.
SKU: OU.9780193410794
ISBN 9780193410794. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) and organ This joyful setting of Psalm 98 is a bright and celebratory anthem of praise. The intricate organ writing offsets emphatic statements from the choir full of melodic and harmonic interest while grounded in assertive homorhythm.
SKU: OU.9780193402850
ISBN 9780193402850. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB and organ A setting of Psalm 127 (Unless the Lord builds the house), this compelling anthem possesses a luminescent quality supported by radiant harmonic textures. It is framed by Latin text taken from the Saxon stone cross at St Paul's, Jarrow, associated with St Bede, and set in quasi-plainchant fashion.
SKU: OU.9780193522954
ISBN 9780193522954. 10 x 7 inches.
For SSATB and organ This anthem commemorates the First World War. It sets a stark English text by Dr Joseph Spence which conveys the relentless hardship of life in the Trenches, alongside Latin words from Psalm 130, providing a striking contrast in their constancy and otherworldliness.
SKU: OU.9780193511989
ISBN 9780193511989. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB double choir unaccompanied Inspired by A. E. Borthwick's painting of the same title, The Presence sets lines from Psalms 18, 27, 36, 112, and 119 mainly concerned with light. While suitable for services and concerts throughout the year, The Presence is especially appropriate for performance during Advent.
