King's College Cambridge 2010 #18 Lux Aurumque

Lux Aurumque
Choir
This 21st century piece by the American composer Eric Whitacre was written for the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. The text by Edward Esch was translated into Latin by Charles Anthony Silvestri.
The English version of the words is:
Light,
warm and heavy as pure gold
and angels sing softly
to the new-born babe.

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Music

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• King's
• College
• Cambridge
• 2010
• #18
• Lux
• Aurumque
• chapel
• music
• organ
• Christmas
• carols
• Stephen Cleobury
• Ben-San Lau

[agm5293]

Definitely one of the best renderings I've heard. The acoustics in the Chapel, coupled with the excellent singers, make it sound amazing.

[Eurofrank1]

I think this rendering  is even better than theirs in 2008

[VulpesKitsune]

I love this piece it even inspires a good soundtrack to a video game

[bkelaries]

I've only ever heard the version by Polyphony and Stephen Layton,this is gorgeous though! Stunning piece of music.

[manthasagittarius1]

How very lovely. It's a remarkable fusion of text and sound. It is rendering the golden atmosphere of the poem synaesthetically in pure tone, and in the suspended harmonies and the magical reverberating delay of the space.

[marcuslaughton]

i went to the nine lessons at york minster this year, they too are a superb choir.

this is a wonderful, truly sublime. i feel that the harmonies are better than ever this year, the tenors and bass seem more prominant and it makes for a more balanced sound. just heavenly.