Morten Lauridsen: Connecting Poetry and Music

Morten Lauridsen has written some of the most beautiful choral works in the western musical canon. Two of my favorites are "Sure on this Shining Night," and "O Magnum Mysterium." He often uses poetry as the text for his musical works. "Sure on the Shining Night," for example, uses James Agee's poem for it's setting. As a poet, I was fascinated to hear this brief discussion from Lauridsen about how he sees the connection between poetry and music.

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