"...for the waters are come in unto my soul... - Fragments of Psalm 69

"...for the waters arecome in unto my soul..."- Fragments of Psalm 69,is a sixteen minute workfor mixed chorus, windquartet (flute, B-flatclarinet, horn, andbassoon), and piano. Thetext, consisting ofparticular lines from theKing James Version ofPsalm 69, depicts thevarying emotional statesof a devout person ingreat distress. The piececonsists of three mainsections: the first evokesa sense of hallucinationand lack of focus, thesecond is more static inmood and texture, andthe third recapitulatesmaterial from the firstsection. The work's large-scale structure isarticulated by the use ofcertain musicaltechniques and/ormusical textures. Duringthe first section particularlines have been set in afreely imitativecounterpoint that borderson heterophony. In thesecond section, chordsare sustained for longerperiods of time and themale and female voicesare clearly separated.Musical ideas andtechniques from the firstsection reappear in thethird, allowing thelistener to hear thegeneral formal divisionsin the piece.