Three Little Motets after St. John-of-the-Cross, Op. 268

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Three Little Motets after St. John-of-the-Cross, Op. 268
Peter Pindar Stearns

* texts from “Sayings of Light and Love” by this beloved saint

* tender simple settings that can be sung separately or as a group within a service

*contrapuntal and harmonic interest to bring out climactic words in the texts

* use of “Domine” in the middle of each motet ties the work together

* “O Sweetest Love of God, so little known, they who have found its veins are at rest.” (text of third motet)