Hear my crying, O God

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composer

Humphrey Clucas (b1941)

2004

author of text

Bible

Psalms 61 & 115

Introduction
English

Hear my crying, O God is scored for eight-part unaccompanied choir, though the full eight parts are not employed all the time. Certain ideas recur, the Scotch snap and the rising and falling scales of the opening, for instance. Almost throughout, there is simultaneous crotchet and quaver movement. It is a piece full ot fear; the concluding 'Praise the Lord' is distinctly muted. It is an attempt to contain a deal of drama in a rather small space.