'Ave Maria'
From the album ‘Hail! Queen of Heaven’
Composer Gustav Holst
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris
tui Jesus [Christus]. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis
nostrae. Amen.
(Prayer before Divine Office)
(Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is
the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour
of our death. Amen.)
Ave Maria
In 1900 when Holst wrote this soaring, radiant piece for women's choir, he had not long completed his studies at the Royal College of Music in London, and was earning a meagre living as a trombonist in a touring opera orchestra. It was the first of his compositions to attract public attention, being commended by the Times critic as 'scholarly', and earning the appeal of Holst's lifelong friend Vaughan Williams.
Hail! Queen of Heaven
This recording, made in the architecturally and acoustically glorious setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral by the 28 mixed voices of the Cambridge Singers, gathers together 21 examples of the extraordinary wealth of choral music inspired by the Virgin Mary, from Gregorian chant to the 20th-century sounds of Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells, Pierre Villette, Igor Stravinsky and Giles Swayne.
"…splendid singing, lively and fresh as always, and beautifully recorded too…" Church Music Quarterly
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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