Lux Aeterna
Original Instrumentation
Orchestra, Boy Soprano, Optional Choir
Duration
4:00
Text
The Communion of the Requiem Mass (sung in Latin)
Premiere and Commission Info
First performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Talisman A Cappella, conducted by Jack Wall, September 21, 2006. Commissioned by 2K Games for the video game Civilization IV.
PROGRAM NOTES
The Requiem Mass is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church, conducted as a prayer for the salvation of the souls of the recently departed. As with all masses, it alternates between sacred readings and musical offerings, the last of which is the Communion. It is during this offering that the Lux Aeterna is sung, accompanying the sacrament of the Eucharist - the symbolic offering of bread and wine in remembrance of the Last Supper of Jesus, the night before his death and ultimate rebirth.
AVAILABLE EDITIONS
ORCHESTRAL SCORE AND PARTS
2.2.2.2/4.3.2+1.1/Timp+5/Pno(dCel)/Harp/Strings[Perc: Wind Chimes, GC, Sus Cym, Mark Tree]