Alma mater redemptoris mater
with ES IST EIN ROS
2024

Dedicated to and premiered by the Eastman/Christ Church Schola Cantorum in Rochester, NY. Stephen Kennedy, director.

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ca. 4.5'

SATB with optional instrument and/or organ

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Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti, surgere qui curat populo: tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem, Virgo prius ac posterius,

Gabrielis ab ore, sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.
 

O loving Mother of our Redeemer, gate of heaven, star of the sea, hasten to aid thy fallen people who strive to rise once more. Thou who brought forth thy holy Creator, all creation wond'ring,  Yet remainest ever Virgin, taking from Gabriel's lips that joyful "Ave!": be merciful to us sinners.

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(Marian hymn from the Office of Compline)