Ficus enim non florebit // Sungji Hong

Ficus enim non florebit
Sungji Hong

Treble choir, a cappella, 5-10 min.

This text from the Biblical book of Habakkuk is a prayer in a time of poverty, the writer rejoices despite suffering under the weight of a fallen world. Hong’s setting displays both purity and discord through stark unisons and open sonorities, juxtaposed with thick parallel dissonance.