Hommage à Morten Lauridsen Part - Digital Sheet Music

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The movements I, III, and IV of Hommage à Morten Lauridsen were first performed in August 2022 as part of the Choral Festival directed by Maestro Rob Istad at Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. As the theme was 'Works by Morten Lauridsen' Jung-A Lee has been asked to compose an organ solo piece based on his music. Later she added one more movement, "Dirait-on," and the entire four movements were played on March 19th, 2023 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.

I. Intercession
II. Dirait-on (world premiere performance)
III. Lux aeterna
IV. O magnum mysterium

Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) is an American composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007), he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (1994-2001) and was a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thorton School of Music for more than 40 years.

Jung-A Lee studied at Yale University, Boston University, and Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University. Her dissertation was on Petr Eben (1929-2007)'s chamber music. And in addition to serving on the faculties of Vanguard University, Concordia University, and Biola University, she has given recitals in churches and concert halls all over the world including USA, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Slovakia, China, Hong Kong, and South Korea.

She serves as organist at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California and played as a pianist/organist for Synergy Trio, which consists of Cynthia Ellis on flute and David Chang on clarinet. Lee also frequently plays with Pacific Symphony and GRAMMY Award winning choir, Pacific Chorale as organist, pianists and harpsichordist.

Performance date: March, 19, 2023
Recording venue: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Organ: 7466-pipe Aeolian-Skinner instrument, the Charles B. Alexander Memorial Organ (1934), is one of the first and finest American classic-style organs and among the largest Church organs in the West.

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