Alleluia – Ave Maria – Virga Jesse floruit arranged for wind quintet

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Instrumental arrangement of a motet by William Byrd originally intended for the Feast of the Annunciation, but also appropriate for both Christmas and Easter.

Original words:
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum;
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
Alleluia.

Virga Jesse floruit:
Virgo Deum et hominem genuit:
pacem Deus reddidit,
in se reconcilians ima summis.
Alleluia.