The original SSA version of this arrangement was written for Easter Sunday 2021 in Selwyn College, Cambridge, when we had only three singers in residence. It was designed to be sung as a motet during Communion so is consciously a little less bombastic than much Easter music. The alleluias which accompany the tune are inspired by the opening fifth of the familiar melody, and the tonal palette is medieval, with plenty of parallel and open fifths.
,br /> The SATB adaptation of the original arrangement was written in 2025 for Ely Cathedral Choir, and expands the texture of the original to include a full mixed-voice choir. I took the rest of the day off when I realised that the bass augmentation worked against my original three-part canon in the final verse.