Tarja issues Ave Maria video

By Stef Lach
( Prog )
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Watch promo for opening track from upcoming classical album

Tarja Turunen has released a video for the opening track from her Ave Maria-inspired album.

The song features on the former Nightwish singer’s upcoming classical solo album Ave Maria - En Plein Air, released on September 11.

The record features 12 pieces of music inspired by Ave Maria and written by a string of composers including Paolo Tosti, David Popper, Astor Piazzolla, and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Turunen recorded the album in Lakeuden Risti Church in Seinajoki, Finland. It’ll be released as limited Super Audio CD, vinyl and download via earMUSIC.

Ave Maria - En Plein Air tracklist

01. Paolo Tosti 02. Axel Von Kothen 03. David Popper 04. Camille Saint-Saëns 05. Astor Piazzolla 06. JS Bach/Charles Gounod 07. Pietro Mascagni 08. Ferenc Farkas 09. Giulio Caccini 10. Michael Hoppé 11. Charles-Marie Widor 12. Tarja Turunen

Stef Lach

Stef wrote close to 5,000 stories during his time as assistant online news editor and later as online news editor between 2014-2016. An accomplished reporter and journalist, Stef has written extensively for a number of UK newspapers and also played bass with UK rock favourites Logan. His favourite bands are Pixies and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stef left the world of rock'n'roll news behind when he moved to his beloved Canada in 2016, but he started on his next 5000 stories in 2022.