Lux Aurumque

Lux Aurumque a song by Eric Whitacre on Foxsoundi

Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre

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, Kölner Kantorei, Volker Hempfling, Eric Whitacre
Album: Mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen · Track 4 of 15
Released: November 21, 2008
Duration: 4:02
On Last.fm: 31,852 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen

Gloria Sei Dir Gesungen, MWV A1 by Felix Mendelssohn , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei ,
Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme by Hugo Distler , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei ,
Requiem, Op. 262: No. 5, Sactus by Zdeněk Lukáš , Kölner Kantorei , Volker Hempfling ,
Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre , Kölner Kantorei , Volker Hempfling , Eric Whitacre ,
Peace I Leave With You by Knut Nystedt , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei ,
Als vil in gote, als vil in vride by Wolfram Buchenberg , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei ,
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen, MWV B53 by Felix Mendelssohn , Kölner Kantorei , Volker Hempfling ,
Audiam Quid Loquator: Psalms Nos. 85 & 119 by Volker Wangenheim , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei ,
3 Songs of Faith: No. 1, hope, faith, life, love.... by Eric Whitacre , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei , Eric Whitacre ,
Cloudburst by Eric Whitacre , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei , Eric Whitacre ,
Water Night by Eric Whitacre , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei , Eric Whitacre ,
Benedictio by Urmas Sisask , Volker Hempfling , Kölner Kantorei ,
Psalm No. 96. Cantate Domino by John Rutter , Kölner Kantorei , Volker Hempfling ,
Psalm No. 96. Sing Unto the Lord by Merrill Bradshaw , Kölner Kantorei , Volker Hempfling ,
Sleep by Eric Whitacre , Kölner Kantorei , Volker Hempfling , Eric Whitacre ,