Morten Lauridsen

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...

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...

O Magnum Mysterium

Dirait-On" dal ciclo "Les Chansons des Roses" di Morten Lauridsen per coro misto e pianoforte.

Sure On This Shining Night

Le ambientazioni liriche di Morten Lauridsen di "Les roses" di Rilke sono già entrate a far parte del repertorio corale tradizionale. Abilmente realizzate ed eleganti nelle loro immagini, "Les Chanson...

O Nata Lux è un sereno mottetto a cappella che celebra il Redentore e fa parte del più ampio "Lux Aeterna" (disponibile su questo sito 0-571-52154-1) per coro, orchestra e organo. I cambiamenti di met...

'Ubi caritas et amor' dates form 1999 and was commissioned by Loyola Marymount University to celebrate the life of choral director and scholar Father Richard Trame. A setting of an antiphon for Maunda...

Le ambientazioni liriche di Morten Lauridsen di "Les roses" di Rilke sono già entrate a far parte del repertorio corale tradizionale. Abilmente realizzate ed eleganti nelle loro immagini, "Les Chanson...

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...

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...

With piano (for rehearsal only).

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Rosen, N. , ed