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Premiere: Feb. 7, 2012 Camelot Theater, Palm Springs
In a special program with USC Chamber Singers and Morten Lauridsen
A Film by Michael Stillwater
Doris Laesser Stillwater, 2nd Camera and Editorial Advisor
'Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen' celebrates the life and music of the artist whom musicologist Nick Strimple has called 'the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic'.
America's most frequently performed choral composer, Lauridsen is a National Medal of Arts recipient who spends summers on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest.
Exploring the relationship of art, nature, and spirituality, 'Shining Night' reveals the composer through the lens of his love for the natural world together with his passion for music and literature, woven with commentaries from composers, conductors, singers, and friends.
Filmed between 2010-2011 in California, Scotland, Germany and Waldron Island, Washington, the documentary conveys the richness and breadth of the award-winning composer's life, with a soundtrack featuring his masterworks- Lux Aeterna, O Magnum Mysterium, Nocturnes (Sa Nuit D'Ete, Soneto de la Noche, and Sure On This Shining Night), Dirait-On and Madrigali.
Commentaries by Dana Gioia (poet and chairman of National Endowment for the Arts, 2003-2009), Paul Salamunovich (director emeritus of the Los Angeles Master Chorale), Robert Geary (artistic director of Volti and the San Francisco Choral Society) and Paul Mealor (composer and conductor of Con Anima and the University of Aberdeen Choral Society and Orchestra), Alex Shapiro and others. Performances by San Francisco Choral Society, Volti, Aberdeen Choral Society and Orchestra, and Con Anima Chamber Singers are included.
Music used courtesy of Peermusic, publisher and copyright holder under the imprints Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., and Songs of Peer, Ltd. Special thanks to Todd Vunderink of Peermusic Classical New York for permission to use Morten Lauridsen's music in this film.
Soundtrack Recording Permissions Courtesy of:
Dale Warland, John Nuechterlein, Roger Sherman and Gothic Records for permission to include 'O Magnum Mysterium', performed by The Dale Warland Singers, conducted by Dale Warland.
Courtesy of Gothic Records, Orcas Island, WA
www.gothic-catalog.com
Simon Perry, Edward Taylor and Hyperion Records for permission to include 'Lux Aeterna', performed by Polyphony and Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Stephen Layton, on the recording 'Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna'.
Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd, London
www.hyperion-records.co.uk
Matthew Culloton and The Singers / Minnesota Choral Artists for permission to include their recording of 'Sure On This Shining Night' and 'Dirait-On', from the CD 'Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs'.
www.singersmca.org
Performances Courtesy of:
(In San Francisco, California)
Robert Geary, Alan Kleinschmidt, Rodney Gehrke, Don Ososke, the San Francisco Choral Society and permission to include their performance of 'Lux Aeterna' in Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California. www.sfchoral.org
Robert Geary, Barbara Heroux and the singers of Volti 'Singing Without A Net' for permission include their performance of 'Nocturnes' and 'O Magnum Mysterium' in St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, California. www.voltisf.org
(In Scotland, UK)
Paul Mealor, George Cameron, Aled Edwards, and the University of Aberdeen Choral Society and Orchestra for their permission to include their rehearsal and performance of 'Lux Aeterna' in Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Paul Mealor, Regina Jaschke and Con Anima Chamber Choir for permission to include their performance while recording 'Madrigali' in St.Mary's Chapel, Blairs, Scotland, UK.
Paul Mealor- www.paulmealor.com
Aberdeen Choral Society- www.aberdeenchoral.org.uk
Con Anima Chamber Choir: www.conanima.org.uk
Special thanks to all speakers, singers, musicians, conductors, publishers, record companies and friends for their contributions in the making of this film, and to Ursula Lamberson, Wendy Grace, Camille Adair and Green Hospice for their sponsorship, without whom this film could not have happened.
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Sanctusby MichaelStillwater1,509 views
Thank you for making this beautiful portrait of our great composer!
peermusic 6 days ago