About This Song
About "E.J. Hopkins: Psalm 3 "Domine, quid multiplicati?"" by St Paul's Cathedral Choir
Anguished polyphony rises like candle smoke in a cathedral nave, the choir tracing David's plea for deliverance. Hopkins sets the Latin text with aching suspensions, each cadence a small surrender. The tension between collective supplication and personal fear shimmers in the treble line, a ghost of doubt beneath the vaulted certainty.