Ave Regina Caelorum - Kenneth Tay

Ave Regina Caelorum by Kenneth Tay
Conducted by Mr Nelson Kwei
Singapore Choral Artists
SCA Gala Concert 2024
14th April 2024
SOTA Concert Hall, Singapore
The Marian antiphon ‘Ave Regina Caelorum’ is one of four prayers used at the close of compline, a prayer at the end of the day. The prayer expresses admiration, honor and praise for the Virgin Mary as a powerful intercessor who brought Christ into the world. Originally found among manuscripts as old as the twelfth century, the prayer was since institutionalized for regular use for over half a millennium.
Composer Kenneth Tay begins his arrangement of this timeless, beautiful prayer with a melodious and warm theme with two parts, before deftly weaving the song into a six-part harmony at “Super
omnes speciosa”, and closes the composition quietly with a return to the opening theme.