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Wicker Park Choral Singers
Angels & Demons
July 12, 2010
Chicago Cultural Center


Adam Schleinzer, tenor

In his setting of this centuries-old Catholic prayer, Chicago composer Eric Malmquist in-corporates musical elements both old and new. Throughout the piece, the choir thrice repeats the Hail Mary text in minimalistic harmony that hinges around the altos' repetition of a single pitch. Over this, the soloist chants the story of Archangel Gabriel's visit to the virgin Mary. Angelus is the first ever piece to be commissioned for WPCS. -EJ


A Note From the Composer
The Angelus prayer has been said by religious communities and lay people for at least700 years. It is traditionally recited three times a day, in the morning, at noon, and inthe early evening, and contains three repetitions on the Ave Maria. The prayer cele-
brates the Annunciation and Incarnation of Christ, when the Archangel Gabriel visited
Mary in Nazareth and when she conceives of the Christ-child, becoming the Theotókos, the God-bearer.