When David Heard

For SATB. Originally conceived for 4 solo voices, but it works in larger groups as well, the important part is definitely the balance between the voices. Again, I wanted something approachable, thoroughly singable by a wide variety of singers and groups, and something that captures the emotions of the words.

When David Heard

I find the piece very square overall. There are only a few instances of any note values beyond whole, half, quarter, and eighth. In addition, I would have liked to see some figures designed specifically for solo voices - trills, graces, anything that could be really beautiful with the solo voice but messy in a large group.

That said, your text painting is very nice, and the madrigal-esque quality of the recapitulation is beautiful.