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...
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...
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....
Four poems sharing a common motif of 'Night' provide the texts for my choral cycle Nocturnes, the American Choral Directors Association's commissioned work for its 2005 national convention. For Rilke'...
from Lux Aeterna
With piano (for rehearsal only).
This beautiful variant of the standard Ave Maria text has been only occasionally set to music throughout history, most notably by the Renaissance composer Gesualdo. My setting is for men's chorus (wit...