John Rutter: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence: Gemischter Chor mit Begleitung

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence arranged by John Rutter for SATB choir (with divisions) and Organ, with optional congregation.

Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams' precedent in setting this text from the 4th-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusalem to a French carol melody. The result is a hymn which is by turn haunting and powerful, with a modal tonality evoking the sound-world of plainchant.