Composition
Ave Maria (Bogoroditsye Dyevo)
SATB - ca. 4 minutes
Written for my singing groups who had little or no knowledge of music and little knowledge of singing either! I realised that they would like to hear themselves sing in a Russian style but finding no approriate music around for elementary SATB I wrote this work. It is written in transliterated Russian, and English. Easy but very effective!
First Performance Deddington Church, Oxfordshire 4 December 2011 Choros conducted by Janet Lincé.
"a very moving work" - audience member.
Now available on CD Advent Calendar by Somerville College Choir under David Crown (Stone Records 5060192780338)
The video is of a performance by Wychwood Chorale conducted by David Crown, 31st March 2012.