Morten Lauridsen

Dirait-On' from the cycle 'Les Chansons des Roses' by Morten Lauridsen for mixed choir and piano.

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'...

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...

O Magnum Mysterium

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...

Die äußerst beliebte, mystisch-geheimnisvolle Komposition von Morten Lauridsen für Männerchor (TTBB).

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...

62366-120; Agee, James, lyrics

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 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:...

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...

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...

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...

With piano (for rehearsal only).

The Two Songs on American Poems were composed in late May and early June of 2011 by candlelight at my rustic waterfront cabin on a remote island off the northwest coast of Washington State. It was in...

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...

A setting of an antiphon for Maunday Thursday, Ubi caritas et amor was written in 1999 in memory of the choral conductor and scholar, Richard H. Trame, SJ. In this motet, Lauridsen subtly adapts the p...

SATB Unaccompanied For centuries, composers have been inspired by the beautiful 'O magnum mysterium' text depicting the birth of the new-born King among the lowly animals and shepherds. This setting f...