Files cleaned originally morten lauridsen lux aeterna. The final piece, diraiton, is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire, or folksong, that weaves together two melodic ideas first heard in fragmentary form in. Morten johannes lauridsen born february 27, is an american composer. Peermusic classical morten lauridsen ssaa sure on this. There are excellent performances of the sections of this work on youtube as follows. Use a babelguide to learn the meaning and pronunciation of this text as set by morten lauridsen. Sure on this shining night from nocturnes excerpt composed by morten lauridsen poem by james agee performed by the singers on midwinter songs. The sound of the choir is full, rich, and well blended, and the singers perform with absolute confidence, fully. Each babelguide includes a recitation of the text by a dic. Sa nuit dete, by volti, with robert geary, director, and morten lauridsen, pianist, here. A native of the pacific northwest, lauridsen worked as a forest service. This exquisite work is the fifth of a set of choral settings of poems. A national medal of arts recipient 2007, he was composerinresidence of the.
A portrait of composer morten lauridsen is a documentary film and carnegie hall performances of sure on this shining night and diraiton. The final nocturnes is a triptych of settings of rilke, pablo neruda and james agee all three brimful of the exquisite beauty that is lauridsens special possession manchester evening news. Madrigali, iv io piango by peermusic classical issuu. An awardwinning documentary by michael stillwater, shining night a portrait of composer morten lauridsen, was released in 2012. Sure on this shining night sheet music choral sheet music by morten lauridsen. Choose from morten lauridsen sheet music for such popular songs as sure on this shining night, o magnum mysterium, and prayer.
A native of the pacific northwest, lauridsen worked as a forest service firefighter and lookout on an isolated tower near mt. Morten johannes lauridsen born february 27, 1943 is an american composer. Sure on this shining night of starmade shadows round, kindnes. Morten lauridsen composer 1943 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. The complete nocturnes are recorded on sure on this shining night voce sings lauridsen, on lauridsen midwinter songs by the singers minnesota choral artists and on the deutsche.
Nocturnes addresses aspects of the common theme of night. Music by morten lauridsen occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal. Sure on this shining night of starmade shadows round, kindness must watch for me in this third movement of his song cycle nocturnes, morten lauridsens. Music by morten lauridsen occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal repertoire of the twentiethcentury. The final piece, diraiton, is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire, or folksong, diraiton. Sa nuit dete morten lauridsen, piano the singers minnesota choral artists lauridsen. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. O nata lux morten lauridsen pdf free download 8b9facfde6 morten lauridsen the best composer youve never. O magnum mysterium lux aeterna madrigali les chansons. Lauridsen o magnum mysterium pdf morten johannes lauridsen born february 27, is an american composer. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Nocturnes by polyphony, stephen layton, morten lauridsen, stephen layton from amazons classical music store. The choral music of morten lauridsen hal leonard online. While their recording of eric whitacre cda67543 continues its charttopping run on both sides of the atlantic, stephen layton and polyphony have. Diraiton lauridsen pdf the final piece, diraiton, is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire, or folksong, diraiton. Sure on this shining night lauridsen download pdfin. Works on this disc include midwinter songs, les chansons des roses, i will lift up mine eyes, o come, let us sing unto the lord, ave, culcissima maria, and nocturnes. A national o magnum mysterium, diraiton from les chansons des roses, o nata lux. O magnum mysterium is pervaded by the same tenderness and refinement lauridsens o magnum mysterium expresses mystical awe at the mystery of the. Les chansons des roses is unified by the composers consistent use of the d flat major tonality, particular recurring motives, a tendency to set each phrase independently, and a limited harmonic vocabulary. Morten lauridsen, pianist sfbased professional chamber choir, volti, performs the first movement of morten lauridsen s nocturnes, sa nuit dete, with the composer at the piano. In diraiton lauridsen magically evokes the wistfulness of the chansons populaires immortalized by edith piaf.
Six firesongs on renaissance italian poems, nocturnes rilke, neruda and agee and lux aeternaand his. Tenor the spheres choir i, tenor i the spheres choir i, tenor ii the spheres choir ii, tenor i the spheres choir ii, tenor ii sunrise. Lauridsen nocturnes performed by the britten sinfonia and polyphony chorus with morten lauridsen, piano and andrew lumsden, organ. Leave a comment on lauridsen o magnum mysterium pdf morten johannes lauridsen born february 27, is an american composer. British chamber choir polyphony has recorded a collection of music by morten lauridsen that includes not only his gorgeous but ubiquitous cycle les chansons des roses, but two less familiar cycles, midwinter songs, and nocturnes, and several shorter pieces. Morten lauridsens choral music performed by polyphony with stephen layton, conductor. Morten lauridsen and alli mcmillan the providence singers. Their glorious sound and subtle interpretations do complete justice to lauridsens scores, including the midwinter lajridsenles chansons des roses and the brandnew, rapturous nocturnes, of which this disc is the premiere recording. A national o magnum mysterium, diraiton from les chansons des roses, o nata lux from lux aeterna and sure on this shining night from nocturnes. Morten lauridsen sa nuit dete, from nocturnes youtube. Nocturnes polyphony, stephen layton, britten sinfonia on allmusic. The providence singers has performed a variety of music by morten lauridsen especially his o magnum mysterium and his les chansons des roses, settings of french verse by rainer maria rilke, performed as part of a new music for a new age concert that also included elena ruehrs cricket, spider, bee lauridsens music has become the bestknown and mostoften performed.
Shop the worlds largest sheet music selection today at sheet. In this third movement of his song cycle nocturnes, morten lauridsens flowing music captures. By morten lauridsen, jeremy huw williams, paula fan. It is after the download pdf link and in hard to read glaring yellow text. Morten lauridsens nocturnes addresses aspects of the common theme of night in arrangements for accompanied satb chorus. His seven major vocal cyclesles chansons des roses rilke, midwinter songs graves, cuatro canciones lorca, a winter come moss, madrigali.
Nocturnes rilke, neruda and agee and lux aeternaand his series of sacred. Files cleaned originally morten lauridsen nocturnes. Celebrating the life and music of national medal of arts recipient morten lauridsen, this website provides access to his words, music, and recordings, along with the awardwinning film about his life, shining night and the. Buy diraiton satb by morten lauridsen at choral sheet music. Lauridsens music, including lux aeterna and o magnum morten lauridsens compositions are published in the united states and abroad by.
979 1441 188 1091 1285 945 434 1284 453 874 157 556 1454 1137 1608 511 1400 896 817 251 1345 1078 1338 477 1596 1049 163 1404 1155 214 1181 1418 1486 137 682 777 147 15 1313 1117 1040