Then Mary Said - an SSAA song cycle

"Here Am I, the Servant of the Lord. Let it be with me according to your word."

This is the first in a choral set of five short pieces illuminating words spoken by Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Set for unaccompanied, SSAA choir. This performance features a wonderful SSAA ensemble, conducted by Emily Halbert.

Then Mary Said: I. "Here Am I"

"He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate . . . He has filled the hungry, and the rich He has sent away empty." 

This is the second in a choral set of five short pieces illuminating words spoken by Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Set for unaccompanied, SSAA choir. This performance features a wonderful SSAA ensemble, conducted by Emily Halbert.

Then Mary Said: II. "He Has Brought Down the Mighty"

"Mary treasured these things in her heart."

This is the third in a choral set of five short pieces illuminating words spoken by Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Set for unaccompanied, SSAA choir. This performance features a wonderful SSAA ensemble, conducted by Emily Halbert.

Then Mary Said: III. "In Her Heart"

"On the third day there was a wedding . . ." - thus begins one of my favorite Mother Mary scenes in scripture. The wedding party runs out of wine and Mary asks Jesus (her son) to perform a miracle, "There is no wine," she said to him. He initially refuses to perform the miracle, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My time has not yet come." Mary turns away from her son's refusal and says to the servants, "Do whatever He tells you." The rest is history, isn't it? Water was turned into wine.

This is the fourth in a choral set of five short pieces illuminating words spoken by Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Set for unaccompanied, SSAA choir. This performance features a wonderful SSAA ensemble, conducted by Emily Halbert.

Then Mary Said: IV. "There is no Wine."

"And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; For God has been mindful of me."

This is the fifth and final song in a choral set of five short pieces illuminating words spoken by Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Set for unaccompanied, SSAA choir. This performance features a wonderful SSAA ensemble, conducted by Emily Halbert.

Then Mary Said: II. "He Has Brought Down the Mighty"

Sarah T. Tullock music