Westminster Cathedral Choir sings the Exodus Canticle by Andrew Reid

In Andrew Reid’s blistering Exodus Canticle the choral refrain becomes the accompaniment around which the organ directs proceedings. When eventually the choir assumes full melismatic prominence (at the words ‘reign for ever and ever’), the musical space is filled to completeness. To finish, the organ proffers a full stop comprising a paschal bonfire of prominent reeds. This canticle from the Book of Exodus, contains the first mention in the Bible of the act of singing. The Israelites rejoice because they have been freed from slavery, and they celebrate their deliverance by singing; on this night, the Church sings because Christ has passed over from death to life, leading his people from slavery and freeing them from the bonds of death. At the Easter Vigil we learn again the reason behind all singing in the Christian liturgy: we have been redeemed, and so we sing.

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