Cecilia McDowall
Everyday Wonders
The Girl from Aleppo - Upper voices, SATB, solo violin, & piano
Cecilia McDowall
Everyday Wonders
The Girl from Aleppo - Upper voices, SATB, solo violin, & piano
- Formation Choeur de femmes (1 Voix), Choeur mixte (SATB), Violon et Piano
- Compositeur Cecilia McDowall
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Niveau de difficulté
- Édition Partie seule Violon
- Maison d’Édition Oxford University Press
- N ° de commande 9780193524842
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Description:
'Everyday Wonders': The Girl from Aleppo tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe with her sister. It sets a specially-written text by Kevin Crossley-Holland and is in five movements: 'Orphans of the World' is centred on Nujeen's life in Aleppo; 'Thousands milling at the border', 'I had never seen the sea before', and 'A lost tribe pushed from border to border' depict a refugee's perilous route across borders and waters; and 'Everyday Wonders', in which the teenager reflects on the 'everyday' joys of her new life. In response to the vivid text McDowall employs a wealth of musical effects, including chorales, rhythmic spoken sections, body percussion, and a solo violin part infused with Middle Eastern flavours. The prevailing mood of Nujeen's story is embodied by the final line of a chorale that opens and closes this unique concert work: 'singing the song of life itself.'