James MacMillan: O bone Jesu SSSAATTBB

This 10-minute a capella motet is suitable for advanced choirs for both concert and liturgical performances. It is a reflective and richly textured work, which uses an anonymous latin text from a setting by Robert Carver (16th century). Its use of counterpoint interspersed by rich quiet chordal phrases emphasises the spiritually ecstatic nature of the text to great effect. English, German and French reference translations are included in this edition.