Ave Maria

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Composer: 
Ivo Antognini
Date Completed: 
September 2008
Premiere Date: 
April 30, 2009
Premiering Conductor: 
Stephen Layton
Premiering Ensemble: 
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge
Premiere Venue: 
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Audio Sample: 
audio/mpeg iconIvo Antognini--Ave Maria.mp3
Composer Notes: 

  

Duration: 
3'40"
Language: 
English
Language: 
Latin
Choral Voicing: 
Other
Choral Voicing (other): 
SSATTB
Divisi: 
Soprano (minimal)
Alto (minimal)
Tenor (minimal)
Bass (minimal)
Solo requirement: 
N/A
Text Source: 
Latin motet
Text: 

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta Maria, mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.

English Translation: 

ull of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among 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.

Significant Seasons or Days: 
Advent
Blessed Virgin Mary
Keyboard accompaniment: 
N/A
Instruments: 
N/A
Contact for performance materials: 

e-mail: potolonto@hotmail.com

Performance History: 

05/29/2009 and 05/30/2009 by Artists' Vocal Ensemble (USA) dir. Jonathan Dimmock;

June 20, 2009 by Astrolabium Chamber Choir (Poland) dir. Kinga Litowska

March 5, 2010 NTU CAC CHOIR (Singapore) , dir. Yong Chee Foon

December 1st, 2010, Coro UPR & Coralia (Puerto Rico) , dir. Carmen Acevedo-Lucío

12/4-5/2010 by Schola Cantorum on Hudson, USA, dir. Dr. Deborah Simpkin King

January 22,23,29,30, 2011 Cantus Firmus Surselva (Switzerland) , dir Clau Scherrer

Chór Kameralny AIDIJA (Lithuania) - Romualdas Grazinis, cond.

  • 9 October 2011: Wroclav (Poland) - Festival Pax et Bonum per Musicam

  • Jesu Dulcis Memoria: (1 more concert)

Kölner Kantorei (Germany) - Volker Hempfling, cond.

  • 24 June, 2012: Bad Doberan (Germany)
     
Allow excerpts: 
No
Scoring notation: 
Standard notation
Score Sample: 
application/pdf iconAve Maria_partial score
Difficulty Level: 
4