I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes from Two Anthems 颂歌

这两首国歌是劳里森风格的雏形，因为这两首作品都是作曲家在 27 岁时创作的。这两首颂歌都体现了作曲家精湛的协奏技巧，这也是作曲家技艺的永恒特点。我将举目》是一首无伴奏合唱诗篇《诗篇》第 121 篇的作品，其纯净、朴素的乐句让人联想到古老的管风琴和中世纪复调音乐的模仿手法。复杂的和弦结构和精巧的卡农程序让 "啊，来，让我们向耶和华歌唱 "充满了不可阻挡的前进动力。管风琴的华彩部分进一步增强了这首颂歌所洋溢的欢乐气氛"

作曲家: Morten Lauridsen
乐器: Choral
出版社: Peermusic
原文简介:
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