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Ode to a Virgin and Mother

for an ensemble of eight voices

Year:  1995 Instrumentation:  SSAATTBB

Year:  1995
Instrumentation  SSAATTBB

Composer:   Ivan Patterson

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Sample Score

Sample: Page 1-2.

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About


Commissioned note

Commissioned by Baroque Voices with funding from Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand, Toi Aotearoa


Text note

Texts taken from the Song of Solomon, Old Testament; Rufus (written at the time of Christ, fantasizing about a virgin), and snippets of poems by Lebanese women (about giving birth under trying circumstances)


Performance history