The University of Iowa

Pure Religion and Undefiled before God

Composer: 
Publisher: 
Contemporary Voices (British Music Information Centre)
Year Written: 
1999
Year Published: 
1999
Commissioned/Written for
Commissioned by St Edmund's School, Canterbury, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the school's foundation
Length: 
00:04:00
Scoring: Voices: 
SSA
Scoring: Instruments: 
Organ
Difficulty: 
3
Commentary

First performed by the Chorister's of Canterbury Cathedral, directed by David Flood, on October 12th, 1999.

First and third section sung in unison with long lines requiring staggered breathing. Middle section is divided into three-part treble voices.