The National Philharmonic Orchestra have been playing at our Playhouse Theatre in Weston-super-Mare . One of the pieces they played was Ave Maria .. by Schubert. Now I hadn't realised that there are two "Ave Marias", both equally well known .. the one by Schubert and the other by Gounod/Bach. Whenever I hear either of these I think it is the same one ... and when I have heard one can't remember how the other goes!
Below is the Schubert version. It's performed by Celine Dion and is a beautiful interpretation.
And below is the Bach/Gounod version. The "backing" to this was a Prelude in C by Bach .. and the Ave Maria melody that "sits on top" was composed by Gounod.
Kiri Te Kanawa - Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Piano version:
And the the below is a very clever rendition of this version by Bobby McFerrin who "sings" the backing and gets the audience to sing the melody.
My 'Schubert' version of Ave Maria is here:
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Hugh