Great Hills (2007) concertante for solo violin, two flutes & string orchestra ME KT JS
i. Prelude: Lady Blunt's Stradivarius
ii. Passacaglia: The still night
iii. Perpetuum Mobile: Belloc's Mill

Crossing the Bridge (2011) for string orchestra
i. Mostar
ii. London Bridge crossing to America
iii. Brooklyn Bridge

Shipping Forecast (2011) for mixed chorus, narrator & string orchestra AH CH
words: Seon Street
i. Donegal
ii. They that go down to the sea in ships
iii. Naming

ME Madeleine Easton (violin)
KT JS Kathryn Thomas & Joanna Shaw (flutes)
AH Andrew Hobday (narrator)
CH Choir of Merton College, Oxford

Orchestra Nova
George Vass (conductor)

Pavane (1999 orch. 2004) for chamber orchestra

Rain, Steam and Speed (2006) for chamber orchestra

Theatre of Tango (2011) for baritone soloist, solo violin & chamber orchestra JHW TK
words: Seon Street
i. The Dance
ii. Ghost Light
iii. A Tango of Time

JHW Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone)
TK Tamas Kocsis (violin)

Ulster Orchestra
George Vass (conductor)

World Premiere Recordings

Recorded: Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 15 September 2011 and St Silas the Martyr Church, Kentish Town, London, 4 February 2012

Cecilia McDowall is particularly expert in the crafting of small- and medium-scale choral pieces, both sacred and secular.

... this extremely varied, sometimes intriguing collection.

Piers Burton-Page, International Record Review, October 2012