Morten Lauridsen

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'...

With "Dirait-on", the enchanting final movement from the renowned cycle "Les Chansons des Roses", Morten Lauridsen created a timeless masterpiece of modern choral music. Setting the delicate French po...

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...

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...

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...

Morten Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium” is undoubtedly one of the most deeply moving and frequently performed masterpieces of contemporary choral music. This evocative setting of the traditional respo...

Immerse yourself in the devotional soundscape of "O Magnum Mysterium," a timeless masterpiece of sacred music. Published by the renowned Peer Musikverlag, this evocative edition is specially tailored...

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...

O Nata Lux is a serene a cappella motet celebrating the Redeemer, and is part of the larger 'Lux Aeterna' (available from this site 0-571-52154-1) for Chorus, Orchestra and Organ. The changes in meter...

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...

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...

O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord was written for Stephen Layton and Polyphony by Morten Lauridsen. Purchase the sheet music for unaccompanied SATB chorus. This setting has been recorded on Lauridsen:...

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...

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,...

'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...

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...

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 setting of Chanson Eloignee arranged for unaccompanied SATB choir. Lauridsen was commissioned by the Pacific Chorale (Directed by John Alexander), to write an a capella work for 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...

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...