Guest Host David Ball takes us on a musical journey of Marian Music – from some of the oldest written hymns to classic Romantic-era solo works to well-known choral settings. Joining David is composer and friend of the show Daniel Ficarri. A recent graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, Daniel Ficarri speaks from the heart of a composer about the inspiring nature of Marian texts, and shares with us his own Ave Maria – a radio premiere and exclusive to Music from the Tower! Featured alongside Ficarri’s stunning new Ave Maria are classics including the Schubert, Bach-Gounod, and Biebl settings; and some lesser-known, yet equally gorgeous settings by living composers Anna Jacobs, Cecilia McDowall, James Biery, and John Rutter.

Guest Host: David Ball, Christ Cathedral Organist and Assistant Director of Music

Guest: Daniel Ficarri, Composer and Organist

MUSIC:

Chant: Ave Maria – The Monks of Solesmes

Vittoria: Ave Maria – The Cambridge Singers and John Rutter

Anna Jacobs: Ave Maria – The National Lutheran Choir SCORE AVAILABLE FROM MORNINGSTAR

Ave Maris Stella: Chant and Dupré: Toccata – Jeremy Filsell

Rachmaninoff: Ave Maria – Dr. John A. Romeri and the St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs

James Biery: Ave Maria SCORE AVAILABLE FROM MORNINGSTAR

John Rutter: Ave Maria – John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers

Franz Schubert: Ave Maria – Renée Fleming and the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra

Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria – Jessye Norman

Daniel Ficarri: Ave Maria SCORE AVAILABLE

Franz Biebl: Ave Maria – Chanticleer

Leo Nestor: Virgin Great and Glorious – Leo Nestor and the Basilica of the National Shrine Choir

Maurice Duruflé: Tota Pulchra Es – The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

Cecilia McDowall: Alma Redemptoris Mater – The Marian Consort

Leo Nestor: Magnificat– Leo Nestor and the Basilica of the National Shrine Choir