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Deus, qui claro lumine
(2005)
Motet
Text: Liturgia Horarum
unaccompanied SSATB or SSSAA choir with soprano solo
duration: 7' 20"
Gemini Publications
Commissioned by Yoxford Festival 2005
First performance 20 August 2005
Choir of New College Oxford/ Edward Higginbottom
Yoxford Church, Yoxford, Suffolk
| The Vesper hymn, Deus, qui claro lumine, is by turns contemplative and ecstatic. The beginning unfolds around a single note, extending upwards to the high solo soprano entry. The fading light of day is suggested by the downward shift of tonality and the work closes with the gradual descent of the soprano solo over the gently repeated Amens.
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