Ave Regina caelorum cum 5 vocibus

This setting of the Marian antiphon Ave Regina caelorum is ideal for services or concerts during the Easter season or throughout the year, especially for feast days of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Latin text, which addresses Mary as Queen of Heaven and Lady of Angels, also calls her the 'holy root' and 'gate' from which the world's light was born. The composer Costanzo Porta, a noted Italian madrigalist and composer of sacred polyphony, crafts a rich sound for the five-voice choir (ATTBB). The music emphasizes the joyful exaltation of the Virgin Mary as 'glorious' and 'beautiful above all,' urging her to pray for us to Christ.