In case anyone is wondering if we have any great choral composers alive and composing today ... we do!
Listen to this clip of "O Magnum Mysterium" by Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) beautifully sung by a Filipino group.
Close your eyes or look out the window at the autumn foliage and think of someone you've lost.
Here is another recording by the Nordic Chamber Choir. Slower tempo, crystal clear, with even more emotion, if that is possible.
Some biographical info.
Here's another great piece by Lauridsen "O Nata Lux" sung by the Pasadena Master Chorale.
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That was beautiful, thanks for sharing it :)
Some other contemporary composers of note: Eric Whitaker, Herbert Howells, Stephen Paulus.
Correction: Eric Whitacre.
What a precious gift. You are a generous giver of gifts. Thank you. I have put this link on my web page dedicated to those I have lost awhile.
I noticed a local choral group sang a piece by Whitacre recently.
At this past weekend's choral festival we did pieces by Paulson and Lauridsen, among others.
Amazing: you can go to YouTube and search by any of these 3 names and hear selections. Or do a Google search and you'll get some YouTube results which will lead to other pieces.
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