motet notes - O'Regan

Threshold of Night (setting one of Kathleen Raine’s Three Poems of Incarnation) was commissioned by St John’s College, Cambridge and was premièred in 2006. Written for Advent, the work aims to highlight the yearning that all societies have, in their time of need, for guidance from beyond their community; this is emphasized by the blues inflected harmonies found throughout. 

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