Salve Regina Richard Resch Tenor Jakob Rattinger Viola da Gamba, Classical Religious Music

Please enjoy this video of gambist Jakob Rattinger and tenor Richard Resch performing Salve Regina by Giovanni Battista Bassani. The location of the performance is Church St. Peter am Perlach, Augsburg and this video was made with kind permission of the Bürgerverein Augsburg: The Salve Regina meaning Hail Queen is also known as the Hail Holy Queen and is the final prayer of the Rosary. This Marian hymn is sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. Often used as spoken prayers, the Salve Regina was composed during the Middle Ages and originally appeared in Latin, and is commonly sung in Latin, although many translations exist. The viol or viola da gamba is a bowed, fretted and stringed instrument with a hollow wooden body. The frets of the viol are usually made of gut and are tied on the fingerboard around the neck. Viols were introduced in Spain in the late 15th century, seeing their height of popularity in the R