SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.1 – Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave María,
grátia plena,
Dóminus tecum.
Benedícta tu in muliéribus
et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta María,
Sancta María,
María,
ora pro nobis peccatóribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.
[Hail Mary,
full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Holy Mary,
O Mary,
pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.]
- Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach; Charles Gounod
- Singers: Bobby McFerrin and his audience
Sacred Music Television, Vol. II
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.1 -- Vigilate (Byrd)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.2 -- Beati quorum via (Stanford)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.3 -- Veni, veni Emmanuel (Traditional French)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.4 -- Puer natus est nobis; Kyrie fons bonitatis (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.1 -- Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.2 -- Bogoroditse Devo Raduisya (Rachmaninoff)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.3 -- Kyrie X (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.4 -- Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.5 -- An organic pipe organ
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.1 -- Nyne Otpushchaeshi Raba Tvoego Vladyko (Rachmaninoff)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.2 -- O Sacrum Convivium (Messiaen)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.3 -- Miserere Nostri (Tallis)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.4 -- Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Bach)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.1 -- Playing Elizabeth’s Tune: The Life of William Byrd
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.2 -- Quis non amantem redamet (DVD trailer)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.3 -- Choral Prelude BWV 639 “Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (Bach)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.4 -- Ubi caritas (Durufle)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.1 -- A lesson in Sanctus XVIII
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.2 -- “Seven Last Words of Christ,” no. 3 (MacMillan)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.3 -- As One Who Has Slept (Tavener)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.4 -- Regina Caeli, organ improvisation
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.1. -- Caelitum Joseph (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2 – A report on Kile Smith’s Epiphany Vespers
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.4 -- Regina Caeli, simple tone
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.5 -- Chez Nous (Traditional French)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 6.1 -- Otche Nash (Kedrov)







This is great!
I notice McFerrin faces the same challenge as organists do with this piece – keeping up with the singer(s) as they invariably push the melody along without observing the written rests, etc.!