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Daily Ave Marias for May
As we have done for the past eight years, we feature a different sung Ave Maria for each day of May, the month associated with Our Lady. We hope you will enjoy them as much we did selecting them!
Because our visitors come from both hemispheres, we put each Ave Maria up a few days in advance.
Daily Ave Marias for May
As we have done for the past eight years, we feature a different sung Ave Maria for each day of May, the month associated with Our Lady. We hope you will enjoy them as much we did selecting them!
Because our visitors come from both hemispheres, we put each Ave Maria up a few days in advance.
Detail from the Ghent altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck (1390 - 1441)
May 12th
A glorious Ave Maria today by the undisputed giant of 16th century polyphonic music, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is done justice here by choral ensemble, The Sixteen, who are renowned for their interpretation of Renaissance polyphony.
A glorious Ave Maria today by the undisputed giant of 16th century polyphonic music, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is done justice here by choral ensemble, The Sixteen, who are renowned for their interpretation of Renaissance polyphony.
May 11th
Rihards Dubra is a contemporary Latvian composer. This Ave Maria is the second of three settings he has composed to date. It is sung here by the Choir of the Medical University of Warsaw.
Rihards Dubra is a contemporary Latvian composer. This Ave Maria is the second of three settings he has composed to date. It is sung here by the Choir of the Medical University of Warsaw.
May 10th
Francis Poulenc's beautiful "Ave Maria" is part of his opera, Les Dialogues des Carmelites.The opera tells the true story of a Carmelite convent whose nuns are condemned to death during the French Revolution. It is sung here by Karen Cargill (Mother Marie) and Adrianne Pieczonka (Marie Lidoine).
Francis Poulenc's beautiful "Ave Maria" is part of his opera, Les Dialogues des Carmelites.The opera tells the true story of a Carmelite convent whose nuns are condemned to death during the French Revolution. It is sung here by Karen Cargill (Mother Marie) and Adrianne Pieczonka (Marie Lidoine).
May 9th
A very contemporary treatment by composer Cary Boyce can be heard here, performed by the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble.Ave Maria, a 12-voice motet by composer Cary Boyce is conducted here by Carmen Tellez with Aguava New Music Studio and the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble.
A very contemporary treatment by composer Cary Boyce can be heard here, performed by the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble.Ave Maria, a 12-voice motet by composer Cary Boyce is conducted here by Carmen Tellez with Aguava New Music Studio and the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble.
May 8th
Today's Ave Maria is by Lajos Bárdos (1899-1986), Hungarian composer, conductor, music theorist, and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, in Budapest. His compositions drew on Renaissance polyphony and Hungarian folk music, following in the tradition of Bartók and Kodály. His dramatic Ave Maria is sung here by Vox Hungarica.
Today's Ave Maria is by Lajos Bárdos (1899-1986), Hungarian composer, conductor, music theorist, and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, in Budapest. His compositions drew on Renaissance polyphony and Hungarian folk music, following in the tradition of Bartók and Kodály. His dramatic Ave Maria is sung here by Vox Hungarica.
May 7th
This Ave Maria is sung in the Irish language by Jacinta O'Donnell & Geraldine Flanagan, the singing duo known as Adhru.
Sé do bheatha, a Mhuire, atá lán de ghrásta, tá an Tiarna leat. Is beannaithe thú idir mná, agus is beannaithe toradh do bhroinne, Íosa.
A Naomh-Mhuire, a Mháthair Dé, guigh orainn na peacaigh,anois, agus ar uair ár mbáis. Amen.
This Ave Maria is sung in the Irish language by Jacinta O'Donnell & Geraldine Flanagan, the singing duo known as Adhru.
Sé do bheatha, a Mhuire, atá lán de ghrásta, tá an Tiarna leat. Is beannaithe thú idir mná, agus is beannaithe toradh do bhroinne, Íosa.
A Naomh-Mhuire, a Mháthair Dé, guigh orainn na peacaigh,anois, agus ar uair ár mbáis. Amen.
May 6th
An operatic Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello sung by the incomparable Renée Fleming. Note that the Ave Maria begins 14 minutes into the recording. It is preceded by the Willow Song.
An operatic Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello sung by the incomparable Renée Fleming. Note that the Ave Maria begins 14 minutes into the recording. It is preceded by the Willow Song.
May 3rd
Soaring Ave Marie by Gustav Mahler, achieving fame as the theme music for Luchino Visconti's 1971 film, Death in Venice.
Sung here by New College Choir, Oxford.
Soaring Ave Marie by Gustav Mahler, achieving fame as the theme music for Luchino Visconti's 1971 film, Death in Venice.
Sung here by New College Choir, Oxford.
May 2nd
American composer, Daniel Kantor's is an interesting setting which begins with the traditional chant Ave Maria which is then superimposed on a contemporary English language setting of the Hail Mary.
American composer, Daniel Kantor's is an interesting setting which begins with the traditional chant Ave Maria which is then superimposed on a contemporary English language setting of the Hail Mary.
May 1st
Our first piece of music for May is not an Ave Maria at all but for many is inextricably linked with the first day of May. "Bring Flowers of the Rarest", is sung by the late, great Irish tenor, Frank Patterson. Listen here.
Our first piece of music for May is not an Ave Maria at all but for many is inextricably linked with the first day of May. "Bring Flowers of the Rarest", is sung by the late, great Irish tenor, Frank Patterson. Listen here.