Celestial Fire
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Words by Denise Levertov, John Cosin
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 4:00
Language: English
Easter
Day of Pentecost
14 recommended works by women composers for Day of Pentecost.
Year A
ReadingsEv'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
Text source: Traditional Spiritual
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 2:18
Language: English
Like the Dove
Alison Willis (b. 1971)
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 3:00
Language: English
O this fluted marvel
Shruthi Rajasekar (b. 1996)
Words by Mia Ayumi Malhotra
Reflects on I Corinthians 12
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 6:20
Language: English
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Zanaida Stewart Robles (b. 1979)
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 3:41
Language: Latin and English
Year B
ReadingsCelestial Fire
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Words by Denise Levertov, John Cosin
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 4:00
Language: English
Come, renew us
Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)
Words by David Adam
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv · Solos: S
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 3:25
Language: English
Dum complerentur
Stephanie Martin (b. 1962)
Text source: Acts
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 4:00
Language: Latin
I gotta move when the Spirit say move
Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004)
Text source: Spiritual
Anthem · Soloist
Voicing: B
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 1:40
Language: English
Listen, Sweet Dove
Katherine Burk Webb (b. 1990)
Anthem · Young Trebles
Voicing: SS or SAB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 2:15
Language: English
Katie Burk is Canon for Music at Trinity Cathedral, Portland, OR.
Missa brevis: Tongues of Fire
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Text source: Ordinary of the Mass
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: Latin
short for a mass
Veni Creator Spiritus
Mabel W. Daniels (1878–1971)
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSA · Solos: S
Accompaniment: piano or organ
Language: Latin
ModerateArthur P. Schmidt
Published in 1912, the piece is out of print. A copy may be obtained at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Year C
ReadingsThe stories that we live
Alice Parker (b. 1925)
Words by Richard Leach
Reflects on Collect for Pentecost, Romans 8:14-17
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 2:15
Language: English
Touch'd by heavenly fire
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Words by Robert Bridges
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Caterina Assandra (1590–1618)
Anthem · Young Trebles
Voicing: SB
Accompaniment: continuo
Language: Latin