John Dryden wrote two odes in honour of the patroness of music and musicians - A Song For St. Cecilia's Day , in 1687, and, in 1697, Alexander's Feast , both of which were subsequently set to music by Handel. A Song For St. Cecilia's Day proved so popular that it was performed six times during the winter of 1739-40, in spite of the fact that this was a 'hard winter'. Written for soprano and tenor …

Paperback-Cecilia McDowall's When Time Is Broke for SSAA (with divisions) unaccompanied. Cecilia McDowall's fresh and appealing style is amply displayed in this cycle subtitled 'Three Shakespeare Songs'. In total six Shakespeare texts are used and McDowall's response encompasses a fleet-footed impression of Scottish fiddle music a gorgeously plangent slow movement and a helter-skelter finale …

Ceremonial Ode-This ceremonial ode to St. Cecilia was commissioned by the St. Cecilia's Day Festival Committee and was first performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 1947. The text is a beautiful and devout celebration by Edmund Blunden and the work is intended for performance by a large SATB chorus. A Piano reduction of the original orchestral score provides an intricate accompaniment.

Fanfare for Saint Cecilia est une commande pour l?Orchestre d?Harmonie Sainte-Cécile d?Herzogenrath en Allemagne. Fanfare for Saint Cecilia s?ouvre et se conclut par un thème majestueux interprété par les cuivres tandis que les bois tissent une dentelle de fioritures. Le passage central développe une écriture plus lyrique.

for Concert Band Mixed Choir and Organ (optional)-Cette messe latine pour chorale et orchestre d?harmonie fut composée en l?honneur du jour de fête de la Sainte Cécile la patronne des musiciens. Pour cette raison beaucoup d?ensembles ont des concerts annuels dédiés à la Sainte Cécile ce qui futla source d?inspiration pour ce morceau. Le style festif optimiste mais aussi réconfortant de cette…

Setting for double SATB chorus a cappella of an anonymous medieval text about Saint Cecilia patron saint of musicians.

Par MCDOWALL CECILIA. for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Commissioned by King's College, Cambridge, for the 2021 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Cecilia McDowall's setting of this well-known fifteenth-century macaronic text is expressive and ethereal. The carol abounds in rise and fall of melody and dynamic, before drawing to a hushed, atmospheric close. / Date parution : 2022-04-26/ Rép…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt received a commission to compose this work from the Agenzia Romana per la preparazione del Giubileo, that was, the body responsible for the organisation of the Holy Year 2000 in Rome. Pärt was asked to write a work to be performed by the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Pärt was inspired by the story of the martyrdom of Saint Cecilia and he…

Ode For Saint Cecilia's Day