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Composer: Cecilia McDowall Category: Solos
Three Antiphons for trumpet and organ are adaptations of Latin motets for unaccompanied choir, commissioned
originally by Janet and Douglas Mackay for the Canterbury
Chamber Choir and first performed in Faversham, Kent, in
April 2004. Regina Caeli, as a motet, was nominated for the
Liturgical seption in the British Composer Awards,
December, 2005. The re-scoring for this combination was
made for Paul Archibald and Leslie Pearson and first
performed attheYoxford Festival in 2004.
01. averegina
02. ave maria
03. regina caeli
The three texts I chose for the choral motets address the
Virgin Mary. The first movement, Ave Regina, is a gentle and lyrical response to the ‘Queen of the heavens. . . from whom the light came into the world.’ The Ave Maria, originally written for upper voices, is more intimate in expression with a plainchant like muted opening. In contrast, the final movement, Regina Caeli, is robust and exultant. Each chordal passage [an Alleluia in the motet) punctuates the linearwriting of the ‘verses’ which make use of the plainchant footprints of the Regina Caeli itselt Three Antiphons have also been arranged for trumpet ensemble and organ and have been recorded in this version by the International Celebrity Trumpet Ensemble for the Brass Classics label.
