Benedict Todd

De Profundis

• Composed: January 2011
• Duration: 7 mins.
• Instrumentation: Piano, ‘Cello & Bass Clarinet
• First performance: Gemini trio - Victoria Rooms, Bristol (MA Composers’ workshop). 8th February 2011


• Notes: Assessed composition for MA (Music) - University of Bristol 2011. Composed for the Gemini ensemble. The title of the piece refers to Psalm 130.



• Out of the deep have I called unto thee O Lord:
    Lord hear my voice.
  O let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint.
  If thou Lord wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss:
    O Lord who may abide it?
  For there is mercy with thee:
    therefore shalt thou be feared.
  I look for the Lord my soul doth wait for him:
    in his word is my trust.
  My soul fleeth unto the Lord:
    before the morning watch I say, before the morning watch.
  O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy:
    and with him is plenteous redemption.
  And he shall redeem Israel:
    from all his sins.
  Words from the Book of Common Prayer




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