The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky

Scored for SSAA chorus and organ and appropriate for the seasons of Advent and Christmas, Healey_x0019_ s musical setting of a venerable Marian text by Fortunatus (ca. 530_x0013_ 609) uses mixed meter to capture the word stresses of John Neale_x0019_ s translation. The piece hearkens back to the Middle Ages through its use of modal harmony (A Dorian), fauxbourdon, and open sonorities at cadences, while using modern rhythmic and metric means.