Alma Redemptoris Mater (2020)
from Four Marian Antiphons (2019-20)
Votive antiphon
SATB
Duration:
4′
First performance:
08 June 2022
University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir, Sam Paul, Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney, UK
American premiere:
14 January 2024
St Stephen’s Episcopal Church Choir, Brent te Velde, St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Score
Programme note
Alma Redemptoris Mater is a simple and sustained setting of the well-known Marian Antiphon. It carries on a current desire to write shorter, easier motets that are more accessible to a wider range of choirs, though still retaining the thumbprints of my mature style. The motet is in a clear form, with simple textures and flowing melodies.
PAC