De Profundis

[Intro - alto drone enters, sustained, low, ominous, no words] [Verse - women's voices enter, syllabic chant, slow declamation over alto drone] De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine Domine, exaudi vocem meam [Build - second voice layers in close interval, harmonies thickening] Sustinuit anima mea in verbo eius Sustinuit anima mea in verbo eius [Climax - full women's choir, massed unison, grief register] Speravit anima mea in Domino Speravit anima mea in Domino [Softer middle - drone returns, single voice over it] Quia apud Dominum misericordia [Sustained - choir returns, sustained massed harmonies, not consoling] Et copiosa apud eum redemptio [Outro - choir decays, alto drone holds, fade into reverb] Speravit anima mea