Advent
12 recommended works by women composers for Advent 3.
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Words by Thomas Merton, Guido d'Arezzo
Reflects on Matthew 11:2-11
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 4:00
Language: English
Guido d'Arezzo's Ut queant laxis (itself a Hymn to John the Baptist, as well as a medieval music-teaching mnemonic) with Thomas Merton's poem on the same subject.
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Text source: from the Ambrosian rite
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980)
Reflects on Matthew 11:2-11
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
from Magnificat and Nunc dimittis commissioned by St. Paul's Burlingame, July 2022 Wells Residency
Reflects on Matthew 11:2-11
Anthem · Chant
Voicing: U
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: Greek
Maddalena Casulana (1544–1590)
Words by Miriam Endersby
Reflects on Luke 1:76-79
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 2:00
Language: Italian and English
Also in English
Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968)
Text source: Luke 1:46-55
Reflects on Canticle 3
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SS or SATB · Solos: S
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 3:40
Language: English
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Text source: Luke 1:46-55
Reflects on Canticle 15
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Fanny Hensel (1805–1847)
Words by Johann Mentzer, from Loblied
Reflects on Rejoice: Isaiah, Magnificat, Thessalonians
Anthem · Soloist
Voicing: S
Accompaniment: organ or orchestra
Duration: 3:56
Language: German
Dorothy Papadakos (b. 1960)
Text source: Luke 1:46-55
Reflects on Luke 1:26-38
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ and violin
Duration: 5:12
Language: English
Mel Bonis (1858–1937)
Words by Jean Racine, from Consors paterni luminis (hymn)
Reflects on Collect, Canticle 9
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: T
Accompaniment: harp and organ
Duration: 6:30
Language: French
Betty Jackson King (1928–1994)
Reflects on Philippians 4:4
Anthem · Soloist
Voicing: S or T
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 1:50
Language: English
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Text source: Philippians 4:6-7
Reflects on Philippians 4:6
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 1:20
Language: English