Lux Aurumque - Laudate Mennonite Ensemble
Description
Performed at Bridgewater Church of the Brethren in December 2011. Director - Ken Nafziger
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion
Lux Aurumque
Words by Edward Esch; Latin translation by Charles Anthony SilvestriMusic by Eric WhitacreWritten 2000
Lux,
calida gravisque pura velut aurum
et canunt angeli molliter
modo natum.
Story Behind the Song
Lux Aurumque is a contemporary choral work by Eric Whitacre, composed in 2000. The text began as Edward Esch's short English poem Light and Gold, which Charles Anthony Silvestri translated into Latin for Whitacre's setting. It became one of Whitacre's best-known sacred-style choral works and was later featured prominently in his Virtual Choir project.