This setting is energetic with a more reflective middle section. There is a certain debt to the Missa Luba and the singers ought to feel quite exhausted by the end.

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This setting includes the Gloria above, and consists of Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus/Benedictus and Agnus Dei. A Credo may follow in due course. It can be used in a liturgical or concert setting. It can also be sung by four individual voices, with a little modification of the Gloria, omitting octave doublings.

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The Magnificat opens with the organ holding a very high G rather annoyingly. The choir sing Magnificat anima mea Dominum repetitively against this until a pedal G lends reassurance and the high G ends, leaving an atmosphere of comfort and relief. The mezzo solo sings the English words passionately, alternating with and fusing in and out of the choir. And so on...

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This is a version of the Magnificat above rewritten without organ for Jan Speelpenning and his Zommersingers, who wanted to perform it unaccompanied. I added a Nunc dimittis, to their surprise! They gave the première at Courtesoult, France on August 9, 2007, conducted by Maud Meilof, who also sang the solo.

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A rune collected from the oral tradition of the Scottish Western Isles by Alexander Carmichael in 1899 and translated by him from the Gaelic. It was used to prepare for prayer. This setting might be used as a meditational anthem, or to set the mood for another more substantial meditational piece.