But much of the joy in this work comes from the ambitious seven-part choral writing.
The choral writing is beautiful in a serenely understated way, and the performances are winning.
Mariotte's works use a wide range of operatic effects with particularly striking choral writing.
But as choral writing goes, it doesn't get more picturesque than this.
Even in my choral writing, the choir is like a drum.
His choral writing is fluent, idiomatic and always expressive of the text.
The existing vocal parts suggest that the choral writing was mostly in homophony.
He also conducted the college chamber choir between 2000 and 2001, giving the opportunity to develop his choral writing.
The choral writing and instrumental color sat in a drab baritonal no man's land.
The score does, however, offer some lovely music, including some magnificent choral writing, particularly at the end.