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Alma redemptoris mater a 8
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets, Votive antiphons
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB.SATB · Paul R. Marchesano
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Alma redemptoris mater a 8 by Peter Philips — Lyrics
Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli porta manes,
et stella maris, succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo:
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About Alma redemptoris mater a 8
Peter Philips's Alma redemptoris mater is a majestic eight-part setting of a Marian votive antiphon. Scored for two choirs of SATB, the music opens with a dialogue between the two ensembles, creating a rich and expansive soundworld. Philips masterfully employs the eight voices, contrasting them and combining them to build to moments of great power, reflecting the sacred Latin text. The composer's skill in contrapuntal writing and harmonic richness brings out the devotion and awe inherent in the words, which entreat the Mother of the Redeemer, Gate of Heaven and Star of the Sea, to help a fallen people rise.
