About This Song
About "Gauntlett: Psalm 119: Verses 81-88 "Defecit anima mea"" by John Scott
Gauntlett's 'Defecit anima mea' is exhaustion made musical: the choir's breath seems to thin with each verse. John Scott holds the tempo just shy of collapse, the organ a dark socket around which the melody flickers like a candle running out of wick.