Vaughan Williams – Benedicite Vocal Score Softcover Book

Published in 1929, Benedicite is a substantial setting of texts from the ‘Song of the Three Holy Children’ (part of the Apocrypha) and John Austin’s hymn text ‘Hark, my soul, how everything’. Forceful and dynamic passages with thick choral-orchestral textures are juxtaposed against more solemn passages, often with a gentle soprano solo floating over the choral texture.