A valuable addition to the repertoire of ambitious chamber, church, and oratorio choirs! Stephan Görg has created an impressive “Agnus Dei”: in three intensifying waves, he develops the plea for mercy with sophisticated late-Romantic harmonies. The polyphonic interplay, especially between soprano and tenor, gives the work a particular intensity. After a three-part sequence, the composition ends with the final call for peace (“Dona nobis pacem”). The music begins in the tonal realm of C minor and, after numerous harmonic turns and motivic deceleration, finds its way to a serene C major. The listener is subtly reminded of Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings”, which inspired Stephan Görg in his composition.