About This Song
About "Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15" by The Cambridge Singers
Purcell's most harrowing plea: a single line, repeated, climbing a staircase of dissonance. The Cambridge Singers sustain a controlled desperation, each 'hear my prayer' a knuckle rapping on a closed door. The silence after the final chord is the loudest part—a void where an answer should be.
