piece for double-choir based on the canonic motif above and a simple plagal cadence - premiered by Jeremy Summerly and the Oxford Camerata in 2001; recorded by TONUS PEREGRINUS and released on Hyperion in June 2005 (CDA67507); duration: c.10'00"

This piece is an attempt to explore the arching melodic fragment pictured above (familiar as part of the so-called English Cadence) on various temporal levels - ranging from the overall structure of the piece to local decoration - and in various directions - upside-down, back-to-front etc. The harmonic world is very similar to that of Adoro Te: each choir has a pair of chords a 4th/5th apart (Db major, Ab major; eb minor, ab minor) and a[n] historically-resonant mode of seven notes with one additional note (like having a Bb to play with in addition to the seven white notes of the piano). The text consists of just one word:

Amen