Morten 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,...

Madrigals - 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance no. 3

Madrigali - 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance no. 1

Madrigali - 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance no. 2

Madrigali - 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance no. 4

Madrigali - 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance no. 6

Les chansons des roses no. 4 - Rilke, Rainer Maria, poem

Rilke, R. M. , poem - 3 Nocturnes No. 1

Rilke, Rainer Maria, poem

Freebairn-Smith, Ian, arr.

Rilke, Rainer Maria, poem - (Night has come) : - From Nocturnes

HL118915; Gioia, Dana, lyrics

These two anthems are examples of Lauridsen's style in embryo, as it were, for both were written while the composer was just twenty-seven years old. Both anthems evince the contrapuntal mastery that w...

The work can be performed for solo clarinet with the option of also adding the brief treble voice antiphon O vos omnes with chimes.

Lux aeterna; Les chansons des roses; Ave maria; Mid-Winter Songs