Cecilia McDowall (Photo: Karina Lyburn)
Owain Park conducts a program of music for the season predominantly composed by women, including Hildegard von Bingen, Kerensa Briggs, and Cecilia McDowall.
Other women composers featured are Judith Weir, Margaret Rizza, Alison Willis, Joanna Marsh, and Judith Bingham.
Playlist
Judith Weir: Drop down ye heavens
William Byrd: Rorate caeli
Margaret Rizza / St Thomas Music Group: Ave Generosa
Joanna Marsh: In Winter’s House
Bob Chilcott: The Pear-Tree Carol
Kerensa Briggs: A tender shoot
Judith Bingham: O Oriens (BBC Commission, world premiere)
Hildegard von Bingen: O Frondens virga
Owain Park: O magnum mysterium
Ēriks Ešenvalds: O Emmanuel
Alison Willis: There is no rose
Cecilia McDowall: Now may we singen