$15-$46. And Lux Aeterna has been one of the most popular compositions in the repertory since its 1997 premiere — performed on average 75 times a year around the world. Audio CD. VERANSTALTUNGSDETAILS: LUX AETERNA – The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna, O magnum mysterium, Ausschnitte aus Nocturnes, Madrigali, Les Chansons des Roses u.a. “That was a great reflection on USC,” he said, “because not only am I a professor, but I was educated here.”. Further information regarding Mr. Lauridsen may be found at mortenlauridsen.net, St Mary's Cathedral (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom), Christopher Bell, National Youth Choir of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, St James's Church, Piccadilly (London, United Kingdom). He chaired the Composition Department for 12 years and founded the Advanced Studies Program in Film Scoring in the 1980s. Free Admission A National Medal of Arts recipient and former composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (1994-2001), American choral composer Morten Lauridsen has gained recognition for his choral music the world over. St. Helens) before traveling south to study composition with Halsey Stevens and Ingolf Dahl. 4,8 von 5 Sternen 76. I conducted the premiere, and we went on tour, and then it got published, and it started my career as a composer. “Beethoven’s Fifth continues the idea of Lux Aeterna, light everlasting,” St.Clair said. Choral Sheet Music. Streamen und Downloaden. A native of the Pacific Northwest, he worked as a Forest Service fire-fighter and lookout (on an isolated tower near Mt. Stream songs including "Lux aeterna: 1. Keinem anderen gelingt es, der menschlichen Stimme so viel Ausdruckskraft und Mystik zu verleihen. The day also includes the London premiere of the new documentary film about the composer. If you have never heard his music before, listening selections are embedded throughout, helping you begin your discovery. 2014-04-08T17:59:40Z Comment by Mike Styer. My relationship to the School of Music has been very, very close. With Morten Lauridsen, Dana Gioia, Paul Salamunovich, Robert Geary. “That is an unusual number of performances for a contemporary piece that involves chorus and orchestra and that’s a half an hour long,” Lauridsen said before rehearsals had begun for the April concert. Entdecke mehr Musik, Konzerte, Videos und Bilder mit dem größten Onlinekatalog auf Last.fm He is currently Distinguished Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. “People come up to me afterwards, many in tears, thinking it has deeply affected their life,” said Lauridsen, who dedicates time each morning to respond to emails from people moved by his music. “That program has developed into the very finest of its kind in the world,” Lauridsen said, “so if you want to score films, you better come to USC.”. Born in 1943, Lauridsen served as Composer-in-Residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1995-2001 and has been Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music since 1972. Before the end of the last century, Lauridsen became the most frequently performed American choral composer. Morten Lauridsen's warm, decidedly tonal compositions have earned for the American composer a secure place in the concert repertory.Born in Colfax, WA, in 1943, Lauridsen was raised in Portland, OR, and attended Whitman College, in Walla Walla, WA. May have minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or cracks, or to the … A tribute to a living legend, celebrating the life and music of the artist whom musicologist Nick Strimple has called 'the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic'. thank you Morten Lauridsen for listening to such eternal sounds and bringing them to us. There's been widespread acclaim for "Light Eternal -The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen", a new release of Morten Lauridsen's music out now on the iconic yellow label of Deutsche Grammophon.The new recording, released in the composer's 75th birthday year, features stunning performances (by the Chamber Choir of Europe and Nicol Matt) of Lux aeterna, the Nocturnes, O magnum mysterium, … A farewell concert at Disney Hall honors Morten Lauridsen’s 50+ years with USC, while showcasing USC Thornton musicians. 8,99 € Shadows on the Stars Sperry. Before the end of the last century, Lauridsen became the most frequently performed American choral composer. Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 pm 14,23 € Nocturnes Layton. Freitag, 5. Buy O Nata Lux (SATB ) by Morten Lauridsen at jwpepper.com. Music by Morten Lauridsen occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal repertoire of the Twentieth-Century. They have not only premiered my choral works, they’ve premiered my songs and instrumental pieces.”. “My very first choral piece was premiered by the USC Concert Choir back in 1965,” Lauridsen said. While at USC, Lauridsen earned the distinguished USC Associates Award for Artistic Expression and 2014 Outstanding Service Award from the University of Southern California Association of Trojan Leagues. Last year, when maestro Carl St.Clair programmed Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna for the April 14, 2019, concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, he didn’t know the Distinguished Professor of Composition would be retiring in May. such beauty. A native of the Pacific Northwest, he came to USC Thornton as an undergraduate, studying with Ingolf Dahl, Halsey Stevens, Robert Linn and Harold Owen, whom he called “very fine and quite legendary composers,” as well as “a very distinguished group of people in piano, conducting and history.”, He joined the faculty in 1967 and has taught courses in composition and related areas and been a private instructor for graduate composition students. “Somehow or other Morten has, through his own personal spirituality, a free pass to heaven.”, The magic of its beauty perhaps lies in its inspiration. The recent book, Choral Music in the Twentieth Century by Nick Strimple, describes Lauridsen as “the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic (whose) probing, serene work contains an elusive and indefinable ingredient which leaves the impression that all the questions have been answered...From 1993 Lauridsen’s music rapidly increased in international popularity, and by century’s end he had eclipsed Randall Thompson as the most frequently performed American choral composer.” His works have been recorded on over a hundred CDs, three of which have received Grammy nominations, including O Magnum Mysterium by the New York-based ensemble, Tiffany Consort, led by Nicholas White, and two all-Lauridsen discs entitled Lux Aeterna by the Los Angeles Master Chorale conducted by Paul Salamunovich (RCM) and Polyphony with the Brtitten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton (Hyperion). “And it’s especially nice ending this with a performance of Lux Aeterna under the great maestro St.Clair with the combined chamber singers and choruses and symphony of USC at Disney Hall.”, A weeklong celebration of Morten Lauridsen. In addition to Lux Aeterna, they’ll perform another signature piece by a celebrated member of the USC Thornton Composition faculty: Frank Ticheli’s Angels in the Architecture, as well as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The Disney Hall concert that takes place at 7:30 PM on April 14 will undoubtedly be an emotional one. Morten Lauridsen was named an "American Choral Master" by the National Endowment of the Arts in 2005 and in 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts from the President in a White House ceremony "for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power, and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide." Lauridsen’s compositions are lauded for their spirituality, and Lux Aeterna (“Eternal Light”), in particular, has a celestial beauty that touches audiences every time it’s performed. Sunday, April 14, 7:30 pm At the core of his catalog is a series of multi-movement vocal pieces both for chorus and solo voices based on poems by the likes of Rainer Maria Rilke and Federico Garcia Lorca. Morten Lauridsen. I am in love with this music - it opens my heart and soul to such divine beauty. 26. … The USC Chamber Singers premiered two of his major choral cycles: Madrigali: Six ‘Firesongs’ on Italian Renaissance Poems and Mid-Winter Songs (on poems by Robert Graves), which Lauridsen was commissioned to write to celebrate USC’s 100th anniversary.