Alma redemptoris mater
Dobrinka Tabakova (b. 1980)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 6:01
Language: Latin
includes chant
Season after Pentecost
St. Mary the Virgin (Aug. 15)
12 recommended works by women composers for St. Mary the Virgin (Aug. 15).
Year A
ReadingsAve Maria
Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)
Text source: Marian hymn
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 4:20
Language: Latin
Ave Maria
Fanny Hensel (1805–1847)
Words by Walter Scott, Adam Storck
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Soloist
Voicing: S or T
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 1:47
Language: German or English
in Lieder ohne Namen, Vol. 1
Ave Maria
Josephine Boulay (1869–1925)
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Soloist
Voicing: S or T
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 345
Language: Latin
Six Motets à la Sainte Vierge et au Saint Sacrement, 1900
Ave Maria
Maija Einfelde (b. 1939)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 6:00
Language: Latin
Ave Maria
Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SAA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 1:30
Language: Latin
Ave Maris Stella
Jessica French (b. 1984)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSSAA · Solos: S Descant
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 5:17
Language: Latin
Ave regina coelorum
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: ATTB
Accompaniment: basso continuo
Duration: 2:40
Language: Latin
Salve Regina
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Soloist
Voicing: S
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 3:45
Language: Latin
Salve, Regina
Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980)
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 3:30
Language: Latin
The first one ever
Words and music by Linda Wilberger Egan (b. 1946)
Anthem · Young Trebles
Voicing: U
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
EasyChurch Publishing (The Hymnal 1982)
Hymn 673 in the 1982 Hymnal. This hymn celebrates the faith and discernment of Mary and other biblical women.
Year B
ReadingsAlma redemptoris mater
Dobrinka Tabakova (b. 1980)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 6:01
Language: Latin
includes chant
Ave Maria
Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)
Text source: Marian hymn
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 4:20
Language: Latin
Ave Maria
Maija Einfelde (b. 1939)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATBdiv
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 6:00
Language: Latin
Ave Maria
Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on Hail Mary
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SAA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 1:30
Language: Latin
Ave Maris Stella
Jessica French (b. 1984)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSSAA · Solos: S Descant
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 5:17
Language: Latin
Ave regina coelorum
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: ATTB
Accompaniment: basso continuo
Duration: 2:40
Language: Latin
Communion pour l’Assomption
Simone Ple (1897–1986)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
Salve Regina
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Text source: Marian hymn
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Soloist
Voicing: S
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 3:45
Language: Latin
Year C
ReadingsSalve, Regina
Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980)
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 3:30
Language: Latin