Morten Lauridsen

Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen

One of the privileges of writing this column is that I occasionally get to meet the composers of the music I review.  I had a meeting this past year with a musician with whom I have been in correspondence for some time. Morten Lauridsen, the most frequently performed American choral composer, came to Washington, D.C. … Read more

The Ideas Behind Lauridsen’s ‘O Magnum Mysterium’

A little less than a year ago, Morten Lauridsen — my favorite contemporary classical composer by a long stretch — wrote a fascinating piece for the Arts and Entertainment section of The Wall Stree Journal. Entitled “It’s a Still Life That Runs Deep,” it’s Lauridsen’s attempt to explain some of the thoughts and emotions that went … Read more

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