Some things are simply greater than the sum of their parts and Bernard Sexton’s Ubi Caritas seems to fit perfectly into this category. The choral parts are constructed from the simplest of means but when performed together they produce music of immense beauty and emotion. The text is handled consummately with ebb and flow of mood and colour adding further to the allure of the piece. This is a piece destined to be in the choral library of many church and community mixed-voice choirs worldwide.