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The a cappella D Minor Mass is quite different than the popular work "Mass" from 1992.
It has more of a traditionally "sacred" tone and very little of the jazz-influenced rhythms, but the harmonic movement and colorings are even richer, and the melodies are more contrapuntal.

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Christmas Cantata is an ecumenical blend of secular and religious Christmas music. The six songs can be performed separately, but are meant to form one half-hour piece of celebration, like the Mass. It has been performed in the USA, England and Sweden.

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Gloria In Excelesis is based on pop-song harmonies and rhythm, mixing styles and, here, even languages, English and Latin.

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for children's or female choir and piano, commissioned work for the 30th anniversary of Tajimi Children's Choir.
The text is taken from the Words of Einstein because the words he talks are full of insight and the composer thought this is the best words to give to the children.

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motet for SATB a cappella
The composer used chromatic harmonics to draw out the meaning of the words.

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motet for SSAATTBB a cappella
a piece which shows the influence of Messiaen, whom the composer admired.

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motet for SATB a cappella - the gentle "Salve regina"
The composer used chromatic harmonics to draw out the meaning of the words.

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for SATB a cappella
29 Japanese songs arranged by Makoto Shinohara with romanized text.

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Notes by composer
In addition to his vast output of German poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) composed nearly 400 poems in French. His poems on roses struck me as especially charming, filled with gorgeous lyricism, deftly crafted and elegant in their imagery. These exquisite poems are primarily light, joyous and playful, and the musical settings are designed to enhance these characteristics and capture the delicate beauty and sensuousness of the poetry. Distinct melodic and harmonic materials recur throughout the cycle, especially between Rilke's poignant "Contre Qui, Rose" (set as a wistful nocturne) and his moving "La Rose Complete." The final piece, "Dirait-On," is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire, or folksong, that weaves together two melodic ideas first heard in fragmentary form in preceding movements.

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Lauridsen's setting of the Ave Dulcissima Maria combines passages of chant with more melodic homophony, and is written for unaccompanied male voices. The piece was commissioned by the Harvard Glee Club Foundation.

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