It's a Still Life That Runs Deep

Wall Street Journal ^ | February 21, 2009 | Morten Lauridsen

[Lorianne]

A composer explains how this Zurbarán painting, filled with religious symbolism, inspired him ___ Francisco de Zurbarán's "Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose" normally hangs on a back wall of one of the smaller rooms in the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena. Like a large black magnet, it draws its viewers from the entry into its space and deep into its mystical world. Completed in 1633, it is the only canvas the early Baroque Spanish master ever signed and dated.

[Lorianne]

Be sure to listen to the audio, "O Magnum Mysterium" by composer Morten Lauridsen, recorded by the Los Angeles Master Chorale ... it's located about 2/3 down the page at the linked source.

[The_Victor]

"O Magnum Mysterium" by composer Morten Lauridsen

One of my favorite modern choral works.

[Lorianne]

I found several YouTube versions of this work.
Here’s one (audio not that great but the work still shines through)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0O8wTzvIc