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AVE MARIA, in A major (1860) – Camille SAINT-SAËNS

arranged for 2 Cellos and Piano (organ/harp) by D. Johnstone

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PDF 1 – Both Cello Soloist parts

PDF 2 – Piano accompaniment

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Examples from both cello parts:

Notes:

There are a number of different settings by Camille Saint-Saëns to the text of ‘Ave Maria’, including these followings examples in their original instrumentation:

Ave Maria in E major (c.1859) for baritone and organ

Ave Maria in B♭ major (c.1859) for soprano and organ

Ave Maria in A major (c.1860) for 2 altos and organ

Ave Maria in A major (1865) for soprano or tenor and organ

Ave Maria in F major, Op. 145 (1914) for mixed chorus and organ

David Johnstone’s personal favourites are the A Major from 1860, and the F Major from 1914. These have all been changed to produce similar versions with different instrumental variations, so the present arrangement of the A Major Ave Maria features two solo cellos with piano (or possibly too with harp alternative). This has been tried at least once before, but Johnstone wished to do it differently and intertwine the two voices so as to be a chamber music duo apart from as a song! Johnstone also employs a bigger (=wider) register than the original, adding more depth to the cello sound.

This piece offers for great controlled expressivity for medium-to-advanced cellists; unfortunately, it is too frequently (truthfully, nearly always!) sung too hurriedly and nervously, singers tending to jump ahead and not, for example, sufficiently relishing the tied notes! A duo cello possibility is therefore so convincing!

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