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        • SATB a cappella
        • 2 min 30 s

        Programme Note


        from An American Requiem (2001)

        First performance:
        March 3 2013
        New York Virtuoso Singers
        Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
        Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY

        Text:
        Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine:
        Cum Sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.
        Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
        et lux perpetua luceat eis. Amen.

        [Let eternal light shine upon them, O Lord,
        with Thy saints for ever, because Thou art merciful.
        Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord:
        and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.]

        Composer note:
        This unaccompanied choral work has its origins in An American Requiem, a 63-minute large scale choral/orchestral work. I always felt that this interconnected a cappella choral piece in my Requiem should have an independent version. When Harold Rosenbaum asked for a short choral work a few years ago, I remembered the Lux Aeterna that existed and promptly made a self-contained movement out of what was already there. It is one of only three Fugatos I have written in 32 years of professional work, and as short on length as it may be, I have looked forward to being able to hear it apart from the hour-long Requiem as a standalone piece of music.

        — Richard Danielpour