When the Anglican church introduced new translations of the Mass, the Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Bath asked Malcolm Hill to compose settings in each of the eight liturgical modes of the Gloria, festal Sanctus, ferial Sanctus and Agnus, along with sets of Alleluias. When additional changes were made to the English text by the church authorities, he reworked many of the movements back into Latin. This is one such movement, in the Hypo-Dorian mode.