Originally a work for unaccompanied choir, ecce homo was inspired by a medieval English stained glass window (part of the collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art), depicting the Crucifixion. In keeping with this medieval source, the work is scored for eight voices, which echo and imitate each other to evoke the sound of a reverberant cathedral. After the première of the choral version, an early music specialist colleague of mine approached me with the idea of performing the piece with a consort of eight recorders.

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