The Oxford Comment

Ave Maria — Howard Skempton


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For SATB unaccompanied.
This simple, well-crafted motet is bright, optimistic, and compelling. Skempton employs artful homophony and sensitive word-setting, and the repetitions of the opening refrain build towards an effective central climax.
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The Oxford CommentBy Oxford University Press