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Track Name: O Magnum Mysterium
Composer: Morten Lauridsen
Duration: 5:52
Nationality: American
In 2006, Lauridsen was named an "American Choral Master" by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts from the President in a White House ceremony, "for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide".
Morten Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium was premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale in 1994 when Lauridsen was the Chorale's Composer-in-Residence. The composer writes, "For centuries, composers have been inspired by the beautiful O magnum mysterium text depicting the birth of the new-born King amongst the lowly animals and shepherds. This affirmation of God’s grace to the meek and the adoration of the Blessed Virgin are celebrated in my setting through a quiet song of profound inner joy."
