Ave Maria ancilla Trinitatis

This setting of the Ave Maria ancilla Trinitatis, a votive antiphon in Latin, would be most appropriate for Marian feasts or occasions when the choir wishes to offer a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The text is a rich and extended praise of Mary, addressing her by many exalted titles: handmaid of the Trinity, daughter of God the Father, spouse of the Holy Spirit, mother of Christ, sister of angels, and so on. The composer sets these affirmations with a noble and sonorous SATTBB voicing. The composer responds to the text's escalating grandeur by building the musical texture, creating moments of profound devotion and powerful emphasis. The work concludes with a plea for Mary's intercession in times of trial and at the hour of death.