O nata lux
2010 | SATB chorus, a capella | Op. 13 No. 1
duration: 4:00
2nd Place, 2010 San Francisco Conservatory Choral Composition Competition
Program Note
The texts for Two Motets are ancient Catholic liturgical prayers, set in their original Latin. Both texts share a theme of light; Ave, Regina coelorum is in praise of the Virgin Mary and O nata lux is a prayer to Christ as the redeemer. In setting these prayers, I sought to emulate the medieval artistic mindset. That is, rather than portray the text in a modern emotional or dramatic sense, I sought to let the beauty and intensity of the wrods serve as a vessel though which to portray a sense of the grandeur of the spiritual realm, much like the dazzling colors and lines found in medieval paintings of saints and other religious figures.
2nd Place, 2010 San Francisco Conservatory Choral Composition Competition
Program Note
The texts for Two Motets are ancient Catholic liturgical prayers, set in their original Latin. Both texts share a theme of light; Ave, Regina coelorum is in praise of the Virgin Mary and O nata lux is a prayer to Christ as the redeemer. In setting these prayers, I sought to emulate the medieval artistic mindset. That is, rather than portray the text in a modern emotional or dramatic sense, I sought to let the beauty and intensity of the wrods serve as a vessel though which to portray a sense of the grandeur of the spiritual realm, much like the dazzling colors and lines found in medieval paintings of saints and other religious figures.