"Te Lucis Ante Terminum" for SATB Choir was composed over the course of a week in February 2022. It was written for the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church, Rochester, NY while I was a member of the ensemble. The work explores my fascination with split-third chords—triads which are both major and minor at the same time having both a raised and lowered third present (usually in different octaves). I was surprised to encounter these harmonies in some works of Tallis and Purcell that we sung in the choir, as well as a hallmark in the early works of Andrzej Panufnik who is one of my favorite composers. The challenge I set for myself was to use these dissonant harmonies as much as I could while keeping the work as easy to sing as possible for this prayer of protection during the night.
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