Lux aurumque

About Lux aurumque

NB Different versions currently play from this page. For a specific version check track search. Lux Aurumque ("Light and Gold", sometimes "Light of Gold") is a composition in one movement by Eric Whitacre. It is a a Christmas piece based on a Latin poem of the same name, which translates as "Light, warm and heavy as pure as gold, and the angels sing softly to the new born baby". In 2000, Whitacre set a short Latin text for mixed chorus a cappella. .

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About this song

Credited to

Eric Whitacre, Concordia University Chicago Wind Symphony, Richard R. Fischer

Album

Reformation 500: Grace for All Nations · Track 4 of 11

Released

June 21, 2017

Duration

4:33

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From the album: Reformation 500: Grace for All Nations