Choral Choir,Choral,SSAA Chorus - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1497880

By Stephanie K. Andrews. By Stephanie K. Andrews. 21st Century,A Cappella,Classical,Sacred. 4 pages. Stephanie K Andrews #1074293. Published by Stephanie K Andrews (A0.1497880).

Lux Aeterna is a setting of the traditional Latin text for a capella treble voices (SSAA). It was composed in 2015 as part of the composer's A Requiem for Peace. Beginning with the traditional plainsong chant, it blossoms into four-part harmony as Lux aeterna, luceat eis Domine (Let light perpetual shine upon them, Lord is heard. Harmonic tension builds as the plea Requiem aeterna dona eis Domine (Grant them eternal rest, O Lord is sung three times. The final chord builds with the single word Lux, an entreaty for eternal light to shine upon the souls of the departed.

SSAA choir unaccompanied - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download

SKU: MQ.7351-E

Composed by Steven Sametz. Wedding. 8 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 30 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #7351-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.7351-E).

Spanish.

Set to the poetry of the 16th-century Spanish Carmelite priest, San Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross,) this piece (and its companion, 7350) can appear to be a secular love song. But it is actually religious allegory in which the Soul is singing to God. He is strong and magnificent as a mountain; comforting as the cool, shady woods; filled with unexpected delights like an exotic island; possesses her powerfully like a roaring river; thrills her with a touch like a breeze on the skin; fills her and satisfies her like a delicious meal; opens her eyes to the unexpected, like the dawn. As they rest together in the tranquil night, the soul delights in these feelings like being filled with glorious music that can truly be heard only in silence. In that moment, we are given a luxurious silence, surrounded by gorgeous music, in which we, too, may simply breathe, delight and rest in the presence of Love.
Duration: 2:30.