Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Voicings: SATB a capella with 4 soprano and/or alto soloists
Author: traditional
Duration: 4 minutes
Commissioner: Commissioned as part of 1999-2000 Three Church Composer Residency at The Grace Cathedral, St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church (San Francisco, CA), and St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, CA)
Premiere: September 2002, Schola Cantorum SF

Wonderful. I was astonished by the intricate elaborations on the simple, haunting themes and music of Let all mortal flesh keep silence.
— The Most Rev. William J. Levada, Archbishop of San Francisco
ChoralBeth Beauchamp