Wood won an organ scholarship to the University of Cambridge where he became the organist at Caius and, later, a fellow of the college,[1][2] having graduated with a doctorate in music.

Simeon sings the Nunc dimittis ("Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace") when Jesus is presented in the temple (Luke 2:29–32).

[7] In the Nunc dimittis, set in triple meter and marked Adagio, the basses alone sing most of the canticle text of the old Simeon.

After the first line, the upper voices echo the text "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace" in homophony.

[7] The evening service was recorded in volume 11 of a series of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, with eight other settings of the canticles, all sung by the St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir conducted by Mervyn Cousins, with organist Scott Farrell.