| Remarks: |
The music of this expressive motet of veneration and supplication is molded directly from the non-liturgical
devotional prayer that is its text. Each phrase
of the prayer is given separate and distinct musical
treatment, alternating simple chordal declamation with
a variety of polyphonic textures, contrasting voice groupings
and imitative techniques – all used to render the
text with the maximum dramatic impact and an almost madrigalian immediacy. Indeed, the work is distinctly “modern” in its directness of expression and in the sensitivity of its word setting. |
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