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- Judith Weir
Ave Regina Caelorum (2014)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by Merton College, Oxford as part of the Merton Choirbook, a collection of music being assembled to celebrate Merton College’s 750th anniversary in 2014. First performed on 8th July 2014 in Gloucester Cathedral, as part of the Cheltenham Music Festival, by the Choir of Merton College conducted by Benjamin Nicholas.
Programme Note
Ave Regina caelorum,
Ave Domina Angelorum,
Salve radix, salve porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta.
Ave Domina Angelorum,
Salve radix, salve porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta.
Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa,
Vale, O valde decora!
Et pro nobis Christum exora.
Hail, Queen of Heaven,
Hail, Mistress of the Angels,
Hail, root of holiness, hail gate
From whom light has risen on the world;
Rejoice, glorious Virgin
Beautiful above all others;
Farewell, most fair one,
And pray to Christ for us.
Media
Weir: Ave Regina Caelorum
Reviews
“one of the Master of the Queen’s Music’s most immediately approachable choral works”
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“it is precisely this gentle confounding of our expectations and enforced honing of our critical faculties that makes Judith Weir the remarkable composer that she is.”
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“it is precisely this gentle confounding of our expectations and enforced honing of our critical faculties that makes Judith Weir the remarkable composer that she is.”
1st November 2014
Discography
Hymns to the Mother of God
- LabelCambridge Chorale
- ConductorOwain Park
- EnsembleCambridge Chorale
- Released2020
The Waiting Sky: Music for Advent and Christmas
- LabelResonus Classics
- Catalogue NumberRES10250
- ConductorTom Herring
- EnsembleSansara
- Released27th September 2019
Music for the Queen of Heaven
- LabelDelphian
- Catalogue NumberDCD34190
- ConductorRory McCleery
- EnsembleThe Marian Consort
- Released20th October 2017
The Marian Collection
- LabelDelphian
- Catalogue NumberDCD34144
- ConductorBenjamin Nicholas
- EnsembleThe Choir of Merton College, Oxford
- Released24th November 2014