About This Song
About "Harwood: Psalm 40 "Exspectans exspectavi"" by St Paul's Cathedral Choir
Harwood's Psalm 40 opens with a patient, almost hesitant organ figure, the choir waiting on the Lord with held breath. The tension is in the waiting itself—a slow, deliberate climb from the miry clay, each harmonic step a struggle. The final verse breaks into praise, but the earlier unease still clings.