'Ave Maria' - John Rutter
From the album ‘A Christmas Festival’
Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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This gentle setting has all the tranquillity and grace associated with this ancient text. It is fashioned from a simple rocking theme, which weaves serenely through different keys as the piece unfolds, culminating in a descending chain of overlapping phrases before the final hushed and reverent cadence.
LYRICS:
Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus. Alleluia.
(The Angelic Salutation)
(Hail, Mary full of grace! the Lord is with you; you are blessed among women. Alleluia.)
A Christmas Festival
Based on the annual 'Christmas Festival' concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, John Rutter directs the Cambridge Singers, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the award-winning Farnham Youth Choir alongside guest soloists Melanie Marshall, Clara Sanabras and Elin Manahan Thomas, for an unforgettable festival of Christmas music.
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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