Spem in alios

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Duration: 2:47

Written in: 2015

Category: Playback

A loop of my favorite moment from Thomas Tallis’s Spem in alium. Different recordings of the same moment enter in their individual tunings and keys (D quarter flat, D eighth flat, C, B-flat), which together create a massive, dense cloud.

“Spem in alium” is Latin for “hope in any other.” “Spem in alios” translates to “hope in others.”