Lux Aeterna (2017) was commissioned by Gustaf Sjökvists Chamber Choir with funds from Kulturrådet (Swedish Arts Council).  World premiere 14 October 2017 at Ersta Kyrka, Stockholm, Sweden. Performed here by Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör and Hägerstens Kammarkör, 3 Feb 2018, cond. Kerstin Börjeson.

Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine:
Cum Sanctis tuis in æternum:
quia pius es.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Cum Sanctis tuis in æternum:
quia pius es.

Lux Aeterna

⚜️Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. #WilliamShakespeare
⚜️Where words cease, music begins, and where music ceases, kissing begins. #NormanDouglas
⚜️موسیقی، ابتدا و انتهای زبان است. همان گونه که احساسات ابتدا و انتهای عقل است. افسانه، آغاز و پایان تاریخ است و عشق شروع و ختم شعر.
#گلوک
⚜️راهی نیست باید موسیقی زندگی مان را بنوازیم و بعد برویم. زندگی با نواهای روحنواز، دلنشین تر و شیرین تر خواهد بود.
#نار:)گل

Matthew Peterson (b. 1984) writes music that explores frontiers of sound and expression. He has composed over sixty works commissioned and performed by orchestras, choirs, opera companies, chamber ensembles, and soloists around the world. He lives in Dalarna, Sweden.

Lux Aeterna

composer Matthew Peterson