Written for his recently-deceased patron, the former Holy Roman Empress Maria, this piece is Victoria's high-water mark, the last he wrote during his lifetime and the summation of his style. Emotionally turbulent, the voices weep and wail with their rising and falling dynamics. It's emblematic of Victoria's mysticism as a composer while never feeling too foreign; it is, unquestionably, a work drenched in humanity.
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