Ave Maria, gratia plena
Composer: Colin Mawby (*1936), s.a.
performers: The Celtic Tenors (2003)
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Biography information provided by
publisher Porfiri & Horvath: |
Colin Mawby
(Ireland) born in 1936.
Colin Mawby is widely known as a choral conductor and composer. As a
conductor, he has worked with the London Mozart Players, the Wren Orchestra,
Pro Cantione Antiqua, the Belgian Radio Choir and the BBC Singers. He has
been Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, London, Choral Director at
Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE) and artistic director of Ireland’s National
Chamber Choir. On his retirement from the National Chamber Choir in 2001 he
was appointed Artistic Director Emeritus to the choir. As a composer, his
extensive output includes twenty-four masses, five song cycles, a large
number of settings for choir and two children’s operas. He has received
commissions from RTE, Westminster Cathedral, Liverpool Cathedral, the Royal
School of Church Music, the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, and
Grace Church, New York, USA. Recent works include a piece written especially
for the Requiem of Cardinal Basil Hume and a fanfare for the opening of the
Concert Hall in Dublin City University. Awards include Top Honors in the
2002 Waging Peace Through Singing competition in Oregan, USA for his Prayer
of Forgiveness. His music is published by Kevin Mayhew, Oregon Catholic
Press, Carus-Verlag, the Gregorian Institute of America, the Royal School of
Church Music, Edizioni Carrara, and Edition Ferrimontana. CDs of his music
have been released on the Oregon Catholic Press, Warner Classics, Teldec,
Hyperion, Black Box, EMI and Kevin Mayhew labels. His setting of Psalm 23
was included on Charlotte Church’s CD, Voice of an Angel and Ave Maria was
recorded on the Celtic Tenor’s CD, So Strong. |
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