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O Eve!
for SSAA Choir
O Eve! (2007)
SSAA Choir
My mother, my daughter, life‐giving Eve, Do not be ashamed, do not grieve. The former things have passed away, Our God has brought us to a New Day. See, I am with Child, Through whom all will be reconciled. O Eve! My sister, my friend, We will rejoice together Forever Life without end. Text by Sr. Columba Guare, O.C.S.O. Drawing by Sr. Grace Remington, O.C.S.O. Used by permission, copyright© 2005 Sisters of the Mississippi Abbey
duration ca. 4’30”
for Robert V. Kenny and Coro Nostro
O Eve!
Text by Sr. Columba Guare, O.C.S.O. SSAA arrangement for the Sisters of the Mississippi Abbey
duration ca. 4'00"
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