Alma redemptoris mater

This setting of the Marian antiphon Alma Redemptoris Mater by Elzear Genet is ideal for services during Advent and Christmastide. Sung in Latin, the text is a prayer to the Mother of the Redeemer, imploring her to help her fallen people and have mercy on sinners. Genet’s STTB voicing creates a rich, sonorous texture, perfectly suited to the devotional nature of the antiphon. As a sacred motet, it offers a profound musical meditation on the role of Mary as the 'star of the sea' and the 'everlasting door of heaven'.