Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts

Lauridsen’s earliest collection and displays characteristics that recur in all of  his music, lyrical vocal lines, rhythmic vitality, sophisticated contrapuntal procedures and sensitive and effective musical settings that complement the text. Based on the poems of Thomas Carew and Ben Jonson the Four Madrigals are designated SATB Chorus with optional flute, bassoon, violin, cello, and tambourine.