for SSATB unaccompanied McDowall brings to life a mystical, brooding nativity text by Nicholas Dakin with dramatic octatonic melodies and parallel movement in fourths and fifths. The propulsive 6/8 metre is decorated with duplet and hemiola rhythms. The Magi was commissioned by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and first performed for the BBC Radio 3 Epiphany Carol Service, broadcast in January 2023.
| ISBN: | 9780193570610 |
| Publication date: | 29th April 2024 |
| Author: | Cecilia McDowall |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Sheet music |
| Pagination: | 16 pages |
| Genres: |
Choral music |