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A setting of seven 17th-century verses from Lyra Germanica in a unique synthesis of the Lydian, Mixolydian and octatonic modes (F, G, A, B, C, D, Eb, Gb, Ab). Each verse starts a note higher than the previous one, while the refrain combines a pentatonic melody with four rotating chords (Bb, G, Ab, F) to produce increasingly overdriven harmonic effects.

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O Love, Who formedst me to wear
The image of Thy Godhead here;
Who soughtest me with tender care
Through all my wanderings wild and drear;
O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine to be.

O Love, Who ere life’s earliest dawn
Thy choice on me hast gently laid;
O Love, Who here as Man was born,
And wholly like to us wast made;
O Love…

O Love, Who once in time wast slain,
Pierced through and through with bitter woe;
O Love, Who wrestling thus didst gain,
That we eternal joy might know;
O Love…

O Love, of Whom is Truth and Light,
The Word and Spirit, Life and Power,
Whose heart was bared to them that smite,
To shield us in our trial-hour;
O Love…

O Love, Who thus hast bound me fast
Beneath that gentle yoke of Thine;
Love, Who hast conquered me at last,
And wrapt away this heart of mine;
O Love…

O Love, Who lovest me for aye,
Who for my soul dost ever plead;
O Love, Who didst my ransom pay,
Whose power sufficeth in my stead;
O Love…

O Love, who soon shalt bid me rise,
From out this dying life of ours;
O Love, who soon, o’er yonder skies,
Shall set me in the fadeless bowers;
O Love…

O Love, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine to be.
(John Angelus tr. C.Winkworth)

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from SEVEN LETTERS (AND OTHER SACRED MUSIC), released June 1, 2005

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Cannes Classical Award-Winners – from Pérotin, Pärt (No.1 Album Passio), Pitts (The Naxos Book of Carols & Gramophone Editor’s Choice on Hyperion) to Mad World and more...

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