Ave Maris Stella
Helen Mackinnon
Description
Instrumentation Genre Ensemble (with conductor)
Tag string orchestra
Duration 6 minutes
Instrumentation Mezzo-soprano [1 player]; Violin 1 (section) [8 players]; Violin 2 (section) [8 players]; Viola (section) [6 players]; Cello (section) [4 players]; Doublebass (section) [2 players]
Ave Maris Stella is a setting of the sacred Latin text for Solo Mezzo and String Orchestra. The work premiered with the Subutica Philharmonic Orchestra in Serbia with soloist Alenka Ponjavić Vojnić in 2019.
Instrumentation Genre Ensemble (with conductor)
Tag string orchestra
Duration 6 minutes
Instrumentation Mezzo-soprano [1 player]; Violin 1 (section) [8 players]; Violin 2 (section) [8 players]; Viola (section) [6 players]; Cello (section) [4 players]; Doublebass (section) [2 players]
Performances of this work
| Date | Venue | Performer | Link |
| 12/12/2019 (*premiére) | City Hall, Subotica, Serbia, RS |
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