Madrigali - Morten Lauridsen

Madrigali, originally performed in Los Angeles in 1988, comprises of six ‘Fire Songs’ on Italian Renaissance poems composed by Morten Lauridsen for an a cappella SATB mixed voices choir, and comes with reduction piano accompaniment for rehearsals. Each of the six poems in the cycle contains romantic references to fire and the music is unified by manipulations of a sonority called the ‘Fire-Chord’, which opens the piece and is found extensively throughout. Whilst the pieces are contained in a cycle, each piece could be performed individually. Translations of the poems are provided. Ov'e, Lass', Il Bel Viso?
Quando Son Piu Lontan
Amor, Io Sento L'alma
Io Piango
Luci Serene E Chiare
Se Per Havervi, Oime