[Intro - alto drone enters, sustained, low, ominous, no words] [Verse - women's voices enter, syllabic chant, slow declamation over alto drone] Caritas patiens est, benigna est Caritas omnia suffert [Build - second voice layers in close interval, harmonies thickening] Caritas numquam excidit Caritas numquam excidit [Climax - full women's choir, massed unison, grief register] Maiorem hac dilectionem nemo habet Ut animam suam ponat [Softer middle - drone returns, single voice over it] Stabat mater dolorosa [Sustained - choir returns, sustained massed harmonies, not consoling] Stabat mater dolorosa [Outro - choir decays into single voice, alto drone holds, fade into reverb] O vos omnes qui transitis per viam Attendite et videte
