Morten Lauridsen

O Magnum Mysterium

O Nata Lux est un motet serein a cappella célébrant le Rédempteur. Il fait partie de l'ensemble "Lux Aeterna" (disponible sur ce site au numéro 0-571-52154-1) pour chœur, orchestre et orgue. Les chang...

Morten Lauridsen's setting of 'Lux aeterna' - a five-movement, non-liturgical requiem for choir and chamber orchestra/organ - is a rich and intensely moving work. Choral textures are fully explored, f...

Les mises en scène lyriques de Morten Lauridsen des "Chansons de roses" de Rilke font déjà partie du répertoire choral classique. Habilement conçues et élégantes dans leur imagerie, "Les Chansons de R...

Ubi caritas et amor date de 1999 et a été commandée par l'Université Loyola Marymount pour célébrer la vie du directeur de choeur et érudit, le père Richard Trame. Mise en musique d'une antienne pour...

Nocturnes addresses aspects of the common theme of 'Night'. Morten Lauridsen's setting of Rilke's impassioned and atmospheric Sa Nuit D'ete is rich with dense, colourful harmonies, while Soneto De La...

Quatre poèmes partageant un motif commun de "Nuit" fournissent les textes de mon cycle choral Nocturnes, l'oeuvre commandée par l'American Choral Directors Association pour sa convention nationale de...

Ave Maria, one of Lauridsen's growing series of a cappella motets on well-known Latin texts, received its world premiere performance by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Paul Salamunovich....

Les mises en scène lyriques de Morten Lauridsen des "roses" de Rilke font déjà partie du répertoire choral classique. Habilement conçues et élégantes dans leur imagerie, "Les Chansons de Roses" metten...

O Nata Lux is a serene a cappella motet celebrating the Redeemer, and is part of the larger 'Lux Aeterna' for Chorus, Orchestra and Organ. The changes in meter accommodate the natural rhythm of the ch...

Dirait-On' du cycle 'Les Chansons des Roses' de Morten Lauridsen pour choeur mixte et piano.

Morten Lauridsen's lyrical settings of Rilke's 'Les roses' have already become part of the mainstream choral repertory. Deftly crafted and elegant in their imagery, 'Les Chansons de Roses' enhance the...

Prayer is a beautiful setting of a poem by Dana Gioia, written in memory of his infant son. Designed as a companion piece to Sure on this shining night, this choral work is timeless and poignant in to...

SATB Accompanied (CPS) Morten Lauridsen is most noted for his vocal cycles and sacred motets, which are performed extensively throughout the world. He is Professor of Composition at the USC Thornton S...

The first three Nocturnes-'Sa Nuit d'Été' (R. M. Rilke), 'Soneto de la Noche' (Pablo Neruda) and 'Sure On This Shining Night' (James Agee)-may be performed either separately or as a cycle (in that ord...

Immerse yourself in the touching soundscape of "Les Chansons des Roses", published by the renowned Peer Musikverlag. This masterful work for mixed choir a cappella (SATB) captivates singers and audien...

Composed in 1997, Lauridsen's 'Ave Maria' is a texturally rich, eight-part setting of the most loved of Marian antiphons. This treatment recalls the sumptious polychoral music of Gabrieli as well as t...

Each of the five connected movements in this choral cycle contains references to 'Light, ' assembled from various sacred Latin texts. I composed Lux Aeterna in response to my mother's final illness an...

Each of the five connected movements in this choral cycle contains references to 'Light, ' assembled from various sacred Latin texts. I composed Lux Aeterna in response to my mother's final illness an...

Immerse yourself in a world of profound sonic beauty with this masterful concert band setting of "O Magnum Mysterium," published by Peer Musikverlag. In this arrangement for symphonic wind band, the t...

In addition to his vast output of German poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) composed nearly 400 poems in French. His poems on roses struck me as especially charming, filled with gorgeous lyricism,...