Philippe MABBOUX
AVE MARIA
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 0 0 0 0, str
Duration: 4'
Choir: mixed choir
Instrumentation details:
flute (2 players)
oboe (2 players)
clarinet in Bb (2 players)
bassoon (2 players)
violin I (8 players)
violin II (6 players)
viola (4 players)
violoncello (2 players)
double bass
AVE MARIA
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Work introduction
This piece is taken from "The Annunciation", 1st painting of "Il y a 2000 ans, Jésus de Nazareth...", large fresco on the life of Jesus for choir, orchestra, soloists and narrator, commissioned by the city of Saint- Raphaël (Var -France) created at Christmas 2000.
This AVE MARIA, for 4-voice mixed choir can be performed in 3 different ways:
1) a capella (good level choir)
2) with organ or piano accompaniment (version edited separately)
3) with orchestra (this version)
The piece is in 3 parts, a fairly dynamic central fugue in 4 voices being framed by a more restrained, more interior part, with permanent exchanges between the 4 voices.
This AVE MARIA can be integrated into a religious service as well as into a concert program.
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