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Reena Esmail

Composer

Ave Maria

May 7, 2006 by

Ave Maria – singers from Amherst College
Soprano 1 – Kaitlyn Tsuyuki; Soprano 2 – Theo Peierls Alto 1 – Anna Makar-Limanov;
Alto 2 – Charlotte Blackman, Ellen Mutter Sound and Video engineer – Hayden Gadd

Program Notes

Having grown up Catholic, this prayer holds such a deep personal significance for me. I wrote simple setting for women’s chorus during a time in my life where I was trying to connect the threads between my history and my future — and looking for guidance and grace.

Recording

See video above

Text

Áve Marī́a, grā́tiā plḗna,
Dóminus tḗcum.
Benedícta tū in muliḗribus,
et benedíctus frū́ctus véntris túī, Iḗsūs.
Sā́ncta Marī́a,
ṓrā prō nṓbīs peccātṓribus,
nunc et in hṓrā mórtis nóstrae. Āmēn.

Premiere/Performances

This piece was premiered at the 2011 Festival of Women Composers Inc., at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Instrumentation: SSAA chorus (no divisi)

Duration: 4′

Year: 2006

Movements: 1

Languages: Latin

Program Notes

Recording

Text

Premiere/Performances

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