Immaculate Mary

In this treatment of the graceful French melody "Lourdes Hymn," brass quartet and organ interact with choir and congregation with more lyricism than fanfare. A choir-only stanza distributes the melody among the flowing SATB lines. A more dramatic interlude with key change sets up a celebratory final stanza with soprano/tenor descant. Some adaptation would allow for a performance without brass.

 

 

Instrumental Parts include: Trumpets I and II in B-flat and C, Tromones I and II, Horn in F (sub for Trombone I)