A composition in ABA form that I especially like, because it establishes an abrupt contrast. The first part of the Ave Maria is sung by a child, like the angel announcing. It is a sweet and simple melody. In the "Sancta Maria", the child continues but the choir is added in a closed mouth, and already in the "ora pro nobis" the tension increases with wider intervals, until in "peccatoribus" the soloist fades out before the entrance of the choir after a dramatic modulation to Cm in "nunc et in hora". The tension builds to a climax in "mortis nostrae",  where a series of non-diatonic chords and a violin semifusas convey the anguish of death... until the light comes on and peace comes back with a return to the original key and with the angel repeating the salutation to the Virgin.

Harmonization on the well-known popular original melody. I have opted for a chromatic arrangement, with half-tone intervals, to emphasize the sense of anguish and urgency in the plea: ¡Sálmave! (Save me!)

Harmonization of the melody (popular?) of the Hymn to Our Lady of Valvanera. I got to know this beautiful corner of La Rioja because this is where our "Jornadas Corales" (training days for singers) began.

Harmonization on the original by A. Taulé.