I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes from Two Anthems 頌歌

這兩首國歌是勞裡森風格的雛形，因為這兩首作品都是作曲家在 27 歲時創作的。這兩首頌歌都體現了作曲家精湛的協奏技巧，這也是作曲家技藝的永恆特點。我將舉目》是一首無伴奏合唱詩篇《詩篇》第 121 篇的作品，其純淨、樸素的樂句讓人聯想到古老的管風琴和中世紀複調音樂的模仿手法。複雜的和絃結構和精巧的卡農程式讓 "啊，來，讓我們向耶和華歌唱 "充滿了不可阻擋的前進動力。管風琴的華彩部分進一步增強了這首頌歌所洋溢的歡樂氣氛"

作曲家: Morten Lauridsen
樂器: Choral
出版社: Peermusic
原文簡介:
These two anthems are examples of Lauridsen's style in embryo, as it were, for both were written while the composer was just twenty-seven years old. Both anthems evince the contrapuntal mastery that would prove an enduring feature of the composer's technique. The pure and austere lines of “I will lift up mine eyes,” an a cappella setting of Psalm 121, evoke ancient organum and the imitative devices of Medieval polyphony. Complex chord structures and elaborate canonic procedures give “O come, let us sing unto the Lord” a sense of inexorable forward momentum. The coruscating organ part further enhances the prevailing mood of joy that pervades this anthem.

--Byron Adams