The Vocal Score for Swiss composer Carl Rütti's De Virgine Maria is arranged here for SATB divisi chorus and Organ accompaniment. This piece was commissioned by the College for 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2014' and lasts around 3 and a half minutes. De Virgine Maria is dedicated to composer Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King's College Cambridge. The works of Carl Rütti has been an output of consistently beautiful choral works that are largely religious in theme. His compositions are well-known for introducing elements of jazz and blues into the English choral tradition that he traditionallyworks within. The lyrics for De Virgine Maria are in Latin. In the September 2015 issue of Organists' Review Michael Overbury writes that this work 'is most attractive for the listener celebratory fun and serious intensely joyful and lyrical.'
