About This Song
About "Croft, Tomkins: Psalm 13 "Usquequo, Domine?"" by St Paul's Cathedral Choir
Croft and Tomkins stretch Psalm 13's 'Usquequo, Domine?' into a long, aching question. The choir's disciplined tone belies a mounting impatience, each repetition of 'how long?' a small crack in the liturgical calm—grief and faith locked in a slow, unresolved dance beneath the cathedral's patient dome.