- Part of the New Horizons series
- Text celebrates St Cecilia
- Very beautiful and rewarding music
for 6S 6A 6T 6B unaccompanied
Gabriel Jackson's setting of this anonymous 16th century text was
commissioned by the BBC and first performed by the BBC Singers at
Canturbury Cathedral in October 2000.
The music is written for a large
triple chorus (SSSAAATTTBBB) with divisions.
This expansive piece requiring 24 singers sets an anonymous 16th-century text of supplication to St Cecilia. From the cascading imitation of its opening to the monolithic triads of its close, it remains spellbinding and invokes a powerful sense of the divine. Inspired by the great motets of the Eton Choir Book, this is seriously beautiful music with particular appeal for committed choirs.
Duration: 8 minutes