Ave Regina
(2004)
Text: Marian
mixed chorus
duration: 3'
Oxford University Press
Commissioned by Janet and Douglas Mackay in memory of their parents for the Canterbury Chamber Choir
First performance 4 April 2004
City of Canterbury Chamber Choir/George Vass
St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent
Review available
| Ave Regina, a hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary, is the first of a group of three Latin motets (Ave Maria and Regina Caeli) all specially commissioned for the Canterbury Chamber Choir by Janet and Douglas Mackay in memory of their parents. It is a gentle and lyrical response to the "Queen of the Heavens, from whom the light came into the world".
Ave Regina
Ave, Regina caelorum,
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 the heavens,
Hail, Mistress of angels
Hail, root of Jesse, hail, gate of heaven
From whom the light came into the world.
Rejoice, glorious Virgin,
Favoured above all women;
Farewell, o truly glorious one
And intercede with Christ for us
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