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Morten Johannes Lauridsen III [1] (born February 27, 1943) is an American composer and teacher. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007), [2] he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994 to 2001, [3] and is professor emeritus of composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he taught for fifty-two years until his retirement in 2019.
The New York premiere was hosted by Distinguished Concerts International New York on March 30, 2012, introduced by composer/conductor Eric Whitacre and attended by Lauridsen, followed by a Lincoln Center performance of Lux Aeterna and Carnegie Hall performances of Sure On This Shining Night and Dirait-on, conducted by Whitacre and accompanied ...
Morten Lauridsen's Grammy-nominated Lux Aeterna, Les Chansons des Roses, Ave Maria, Mid-Winter Songs and O Magnum Mysterium (RCM) Dominic Argento's Te Deum and Maurice Duruflé's Missa 'Cum Jubilo ', with Rodney Gilfry, baritone, and Frederick Swann, organ (RCM)) Christmas, a collection of songs (RCM)
O magnum mysterium (O great mystery) is a motet for choir a cappella by Morten Lauridsen. He set the text of "O magnum mysterium", a Gregorian chant for Christmas, in 1994. The composition, performed and recorded often, made Lauridsen famous. It was described as expressive ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness. [1]
The text became popular again in the twentieth century, with notable settings by Francis Poulenc and more recently Morten Lauridsen (article on the setting) and Marcus Paus. The Choral Public Domain Library carries a list of roughly fifty choral settings.
Morten Lauridsen wrote in the Wall Street Journal: [5]...the objects in this work are symbolic offerings to the Virgin Mary. Her love, purity and chastity are signified by the rose and the cup of water. The lemons are an Easter fruit that, along with the oranges with blossoms, indicate renewed life. The table is a symbolic altar.
Lux Aeterna, a 1997 five-movement quasi-Requiem by Morten Lauridsen "Lux Aeterna", a 2009 track by Christopher Tin from Calling All Dawns "Lux Aeterna", a 2014 song by Two Steps from Hell from Miracles "Lux Æterna" (Metallica song), a 2022 single by Metallica from their 2023 album 72 Seasons
Lauridsen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Lauridsen (born 1959), Danish former professional football (soccer) player; Karina Lauridsen (born 1976), Danish Paralympic swimmer; Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen (born 1968), female badminton player of Denmark; Mathias Lauridsen (born 1984), Danish model from Copenhagen, Denmark