Alma Redemptoris Mater (2020)
from Four Marian Antiphons (2019-20)
Votive antiphon
SATB
Duration:
4′
First performance:
08 June 2022
University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir, Sam Paul, Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney, UK
American premiere:
14 January 2024
St Stephen’s Episcopal Church Choir, Brent te Velde, St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Score
Programme note
Alma Redemptoris Mater is a simple and sustained setting of the well-known Marian Antiphon. It carries on a current desire to write shorter, easier motets that are more accessible to a wider range of choirs, though still retaining the thumbprints of my mature style. The motet is in a clear form, with simple textures and flowing melodies.
PAC
Recording
Alma Redemptoris Mater (2020) by Phillip Cooke, performed by the University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir conducted by Sam Paul at Dornoch Cathedral, Scotland on 13 June 2022.