Generally subdued in character but with an impressive central climax, this is a most moving setting of the familiar text. * Choir Schools Today, 1998 * Ave verum corpus has a haunting, gently pulsating melody with rhythmic and harmonic interest and effective canon entries in the middle section. * Choir and Organ, Nov 97 * An anthem of some stature, which makes something new of this well-worn text. With its shifting chromaticism and its mystical incandescence, this is a Communion anthem which should attract the attention of the most modest of choirs, for the writing is never difficult. * CMQ April 97 *