O Magnum Mysterium (2014)
unaccompanied choir SATB (4’)

This setting of the Latin Christmas text contemplating the miracle of the birth of Jesus was written for a collection of contemporary carols and is dedicated to my niece Abernathy Maude Davies who was born while I was writing it. The piece begins and ends in extreme serenity, with divided voices repeatedly fanning out onto a rich sonority on the word ‘mysterium’ (‘mystery’).