About This Song
About "Requiem: II. Out of the Deep" by Cambridge Singers
'Out of the Deep' opens Rutter's Requiem with a low, churning plea, the Cambridge Singers' voices rising from murky depths like hands reaching for air. The tension between despair and hope is palpable: calm choral surfaces mask a restless, searching soul. It's a prayer for rescue, sung with restrained desperation.