Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo

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  • Music: Cecilia McDowall
  • Lyrics / Text: Kevin Crossley-Holland

    • Choral Music • Large Choral Works • Secular • Cantata / Oratorio

  • Accompaniment: Piano with opt. Violin
  • Format: Book (Letter Size)

  • Catalog #: X533868

    • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo, here re-scored for upper voices, 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. In this five-movement cantata Nujeen's story – recounted in her biography 'The Girl from Aleppo' (co-authored by Christina Lamb) – is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland and richly scored by Cecilia McDowall. A wealth of musical effects are employed to capture the narrative, 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 bookends this unique concert work: 'singing the song of life itself.'

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