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It's accompanied here by his earlier “Nunc Dimittis” and “Magnificat”, both likewise sandwiching horns between spacious orchestral beds underpinning the choral recital, and by MacMillan's breakthrough work “Tryst”, a still striking piece whose plaintive, keening woodwind are progressively assailed by urgent strings in various configurations, before subsiding into a contemplative, elegiac conclusion.
Download: Ó; Tryst; Magnificat
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