Composer: Julian David BrysonDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 4 voicesVoicing: SATBAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standardPerformance Length: 4:00 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresPublisher: www.musicspoke.com/composer/julianbrysonOrder site / Alternate source of score: www.cadenzaone.com/O-Nata-Lux-by-Julian-David-Bryson-p/jb943258.htm Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): LatinText Source: Hymn for Lauds, Feast of the TransfigurationText: O nata lux de lumine, Jesu redemptor saeculi, Dignare clemens supplicum Laudes precesque sumere. Qui carne quondam contegi Dignatus es pro perditis, Nos membra confer effici Tui beati corporis.Translation: O Light born of Light, Jesus, redeemer of the world, with loving-kindness deign to receive suppliant praise and prayer. Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh for the sake of the lost, grant us to be members of thy blessed body. Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: difficultSeasonal Usage: LentLaudsMemorial ServicesTransfigurationDescriptive Terms: redemptionlightdeathhopeprayerAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movementComposer’s Notes: On September 12, 2001, members of the University of Tennessee Concert Choir walked into our choir room in a state of shock. Reeling from the previous day’s attacks, none of us really wanted to rehearse, but somehow we knew it was exactly where we needed to be. After warm-ups, we sang Morten Lauridsen’s setting of this text, which we had just begun to learn. Suddenly, the music took on a new meaning and ushered in a memorable hour of sharing, crying, and healing. Something about the line, “for the sake of the lost ones” stuck with me, and over the next several days, I developed my own musical response to both the tragedy and text that had invaded my life. I am humbled by so many beautiful settings of this prayer and in some ways feel ill-equipped to offer yet one more. However, I continue to count it among my favorite compositions. Additional InformationDate of Completion: May, 2002Date of First Performance: Saturday, November 21, 2015Premier Performance Data: Triad: Boston's Choral Collective (Amanda Sindel-Keswick, cond), Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge, MA
