Text: attributed to St. Columba (in Latin) Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Difficulty level: 2 This short work was commissioned for the 1400th anniversary of the voyage Columba made from Ireland to the island of Iona. Rather bizarrely,the first performance was given outdoors at Churchill, Co. Donegal where St. Columba was said to have preached and was apparently inaudible because of the strength of the wind! The anthem is wonderfully effective and is a verygood example of Britten s ability to create ...