Recipient, 2007 National Medal of Arts
The music of Morten Johannes Lauridsen, composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994–2001 and professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than thirty years, occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal repertoire of the twentieth century. His seven vocal cycles—Les Chansons des Roses (Rilke), Mid-Winter Songs (Graves), Cuatro Canciones (Lorca), A Winter Come (Moss), Madrigali: Six “FireSongs” on Renaissance Italian Poems, Nocturnes, and Lux Aeterna—and his series of sacred a cappella motets (O Magnum Mysterium, Ave Maria, O Nata Lux, Ubi Caritas et Amor and Ave Du...
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Choral Concert: Maulbronn Chamber Choir - GABRIELI, G. / WOOD, C. / NORMAN, L. / LAURIDSEN, M. (Impressions: Von Gott - Zu Gott) | |
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Choral Concert: Maulbronn Chamber Choir - GABRIELI, G. / WOOD, C. / NORMAN, L. / LAURIDSEN, M. (Impressions: Von Gott - Zu Gott)
Composers:
Gabrieli, Giovanni -- Gjeilo, Ola -- Lauridsen, Morten -- Norman, Ludvig -- Pearsall, Robert Lucas -- Traditional -- Wood, Charles
Artists:
Albrecht, Caroline -- Budday, Jurgen -- Maulbronn Chamber Choir
Label/Producer: K and K Verlagsanstalt |
SHINING NIGHT - A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen | |
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SHINING NIGHT - A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen
Artist:
Lauridsen, Morten
Label/Producer: Hänssler Classic |