May those that love us, love us

01:20 duration|Composed in 2003|Difficulty: Quite Difficult

This short piece was one of three gaelic blessings for unison/2-part voices and piano that I wrote in 2003. Versions for SATB and piano were prepared in 2005. This setting features a rippling figuration in the piano part over which the voices sing a tune that includes all 12 chromatic pitches – my first piece to feature a tone-row! The words provide a comic payoff at the very end…