The Hour and the Clime (Jamie Moffatt)

Here we are in rehearsal, singing Jamie Moffat's piece 'The Hour and the Clime'.
From the composer: "The work evokes the ways in which being separated from loved ones by physical distance can obscure the ways we try to communicate sincere feeling. Without touch, or vocal tone, or a kind facial expression we can say things we don't realise we're saying. Included in the score is a collection of anonymised messages that have been sent between people in long distance relationships that form a backbone of the composition. My eternal gratitude goes to those people who allowed me ... a window into their most private expressions of heartache, love, loss, and the mundanities of watching a movie together from the other side of the world."