All five works recorded here were written between 2011 and 2016 and have deep Roman Catholic connections. Da Pacem, Domine is “a cry of desperation for our times, a prayer for our mad world”. A serene prayer for peace slowly but surely supplants an initial depiction of chaos. This work, like others by Vasks, is like sitting in a darkened room watching a candle. As time passes, the intensity of light grows.

A similar experience occurs when listening to Mein Herr und Mein Gott, a setting of a prayer by Niklaus von Flüe (1417-87), Switzerland’s only officially canonised saint, or the two works with texts by Mother Teresa (Lord, Open Our Eyes and The Fruit of Silence). Laudate Dominum, however, achieves its intensity by contrasts. Solid, totem-like organ sections alternate with softer iterations of the title phrase until both come together in a powerful climax. These intense performances demand attention.