Four Marian Antiphons (2020)

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1. Ave Regina Caelorum
2. Salve Regina
3. Alma Redemptoris Mater
4. Regina Coeli

SATB

Duration:
16′

First performance:
10 March 2024
Anchorae, Peter Relph, St John’s on the Wall Church, Bristol, UK

First performance (‘Ave Regina Caelorum’):
04 October 2019
Capella Nova, Alan Tavener, Cumnock Old Church, Cumnock, UK

First performance (‘Salve Regina’):
06 October 2019
Novantae Singers, Andrew McTaggart, St John’s Church, Cumnock, UK

First performance (‘Alma Redemptoris Mater’)
08 June 2022
University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir, Sam Paul, Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney, UK

First performance (‘Regina Coeli’)
17 October 2021
Choir of All Saints Church Fulham, Jonathan Wikeley, All Saints Church, Fulham, London, UK

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Score

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Programme note

The Four Marian Antiphons are simple and sustained settings of the well-known Marian texts. They carry 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 motets are in clear forms, with simple textures and flowing melodies.

PAC

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