A Gaelic Blessing (SSATB)
McDowall, Cecilia
A Gaelic Blessing (SSATB)
McDowall, Cecilia
Instrumentation: SSATB
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Catalogue No: 9780193564831
Shop Product Code: 619754G
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A Gaelic Blessing was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh, McDowall's alma mater, for performance by the Edinburgh University Singers conducted by Calum Robertson. This meditative, folk-style anthem is given a Scottish lilt through the use of Scotch snap rhythms and held drone-like vocal lines. The text is a traditional Scottish Gaelic blessing, translated by the Right Reverend Ian Paton, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane. McDowall chose this text for the 'warmth and simplicity' of the words that seem to 'resonate with the times in which we live'.