Who Is at My Window?

Adapted from 15th-century Middle English, this intense, anonymous text has been masterfully set. Deeply intimate and powerful all at once, it's a glorious wedding of word, music, and emotion - especially at a moment of high drama, wherein Christ asks us to "remember the spear that pierced my heart." This, then, slowly melts into a strikingly simple soprano melody, beautifully supported by the keyboard, as the remaining voices eventually enter: "I ask nothing of thee, therefore, but love for love, to lay in store. Give me thy heart, I ask no more...." There is a brief solo for any voice.