Morten Lauridsen

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...

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Immerse yourself in a world of passion and vocal brilliance with the masterful cycle 'Madrigali: Six 'Fire Songs' On Italian Renaissance Poems'. Published by the renowned Peer Musikverlag, this sheet...

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...

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...

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 fifth movement from the celebrated cycle "Les Chansons des Roses", a musical masterpiece full of grace and poetry unfolds. Published by the renowned Peer Musikverlag,...

With "Dirait-On", the deeply touching and celebrated finale (No. 5) from the renowned cycle "Les Chansons des Roses" is presented in a beautiful arrangement for voice and piano. Rainer Maria Rilke's e...

Lauridsen's setting of the Ave Dulcissima Maria combines passages of chant with more melodic homophony, and is written for unaccompanied male voices. The piece was commissioned by the Harvard Glee Clu...

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...

Composed for Wheaton College, Morten Lauridsen’s Ave Verum Corpus is written for choir and string orchestra (or organ) with finger cymbals. The traditional Latin text is expressed with intricate melod...

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....

from Lux Aeterna

Experience one of the most moving and sonorous masterpieces of modern music in an outstanding arrangement for concert band: "O Magnum Mysterium". This masterful transcription seamlessly translates the...

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...