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Ave maris stella
composer
2014; SSATB; written for the Richard III Society, George Haynes and the St Peter's Singers
author of text
Hymn at First Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The repetitive, slightly jingly metre of this popular medieval hymn presents a challenge to the composer; Park does not attempt to camouflage the insistent metre but instead allows it to propel the music forward, retaining a pleasing simplicity in his melody (he acknowledges Grieg’s setting to be an influence), while clothing it with more sophisticated harmonies that would have delighted Francis Poulenc. The stanzas of the text are prefaced by bell-like repeated notes to the words ‘Ave maris stella’, rising from D via E flat and E natural to a final high G, leading to a luscious final Amen. Written in 2014, Ave maris stella is inscribed ‘for the Richard III Society, George Haynes and the St Peter’s Singers’.
from notes by John Rutter © 2018
Recordings
 A Rose MagnificatStudio Master: SIGCD536Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  Paul McCreesh leads the Gabrieli Consort in a collection of English works composed either before 1558 or after 1915, responses all to medieval texts associated with the Virgin Mary.» More |
 Park: Choral worksStudio Master: CDA68191Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  A deeply impressive and eclectic selection of shorter choral works from one of England’s brightest composer prospects.» More |
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