Op. 11

J.M.Smith, Opus 11. Ave Maria. The first half of this piece which is in e minor is scored for four upper voices and grows outwards from a solitary E. The second half introduces the tenor and bass voices and is in the relative major G. It has an inversion of the opening 1st Soprano line moving from the dominant to the tonic. When the upper voices enter they are a transposition of the music from the first half. After a brief passage introducing E flat and B flat the whole piece concludes in the key of E. This piece received its premiere at the London Festival of contemporary church music 2025.