Accompanied by solo viola and cello, whose fluttering tremolandos represent the gently-beating wings of angles who lead us into paradise, it is a setting of the Requiem Mass antiphon that is sung as the body is taken from the church for burial. … the choral writing is homophonic throughout, while strings sing a series of exquisite descants that eventually achieve an “eternal rest” as their star-like harmonics fade into eternity.
— from notes by Gabriel Jackson © 2013
