hat little motet of 46 bars and some three minutes duration has been described as virtually perfect in conception and execution, and it?s difficult to disagree. The manuscript lacks any specific interpretive or dynamic instructions - only the words sotto voce appear at the beginning of the score. From that terse, almost vexingly vague direction have sprung as many interpretations as conductors.		But this is a work that survives almost any reasonable approach, so great is the depth of feeling it opens with its irresistible melody and glowing halo of strings and organ accompaniment. So strong is the affect of this short motet that many cite Ave Verum Corpus as perhaps their favorite Mozart choral work