SATB chorus, latin text, 6 minutes. Commissioned by the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Michael Zaugg, conductor.

Score

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1. •hossfeld_ave_regina_caelorum.pdf
   

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Recording

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1. •ave_regina_caelorum.mp3 (6:50)
   

The Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Michael Zaugg, conductor

Stabat Mater concert, 31 March 2010

Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa

Press

From the Ottawa Citizen:

1. “As a bonus there was a premier inserted between the Scarlatti [Stabat Mater] and Bach [Jesu meine Freude]. Christopher Hossfeld’s Ave regina caelorum was composed in the knowledge of its position in the program. Accordingly, it fit nicely, serving as a kind of harmonic bridge. It would undoubtedly stand well on its own, too. It is full of wonderful structural dissonances and makes effective use of certain techniques that are frowned upon in the traditional harmony texts...”
   

Richard Todd. “Cantata Singers push musical limits to enjoyable result.”

Ottawa Citizen, 2 April 2010.  

Text

1. Ave, Regina Caelorum,
   

2. Ave, Domina Angelorum:
   

3. Salve, radix, salve, porta
   

4. Ex qua mundo lux est orta:
   

5. 
   

6. Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,
   

7. Super omnes speciosa,
   

8. Vale, o valde decora,
   

9. Et pro nobis Christum exora.
   

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