About This Song
About "Mass for five voices (1995 Digital Remaster): Gloria" by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
The Gloria bursts forth with bright, declamatory energy, Byrd's counterpoint celebrating rather than merely intoning. Voices leap and tumble in joyful imitation, the 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' rising like bells from a tower. Yet listen for the sudden hush at 'suscipe deprecationem nostram'—a moment of vulnerable stillness within the jubilation.