Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
00:05 1. Cantus aequalis
09:47 2. Cantus inaequalis
16:54 3. Graduale I
26:18 4. Graduale II
37:52 5. Graduale III
47:29 6. Antiphonale
58:45 7. Processionale (attacca)
Performers are listed in the description at 00:00.
Julius Juzeliūnas (1916-2001) was a Lithuanian composer and teacher, one of the most influential in his country during the 20th century. For more on Juzeliūnas, see my score video of his fifth symphony: youtube.com/watch?v=CrdNrmIaa00
While I find the fifth symphony "Lygumų giesmės" to be Juzeliūnas' most well-crafted work, his magnum opus is surely the nearly 70-minute "Cantus Magnificat", composed around the same time in 1979. I can't find much information about the piece from English-language Google search, but it was commissioned to mark the 400th anniversary of Vilnius University (hence the text being in both Latin and Lithuanian.)
Composed for orchestra, vocal soloists, two choirs and organ, this piece displays the composer's command of meticulous orchestration and choral writing, as well as harmonic and rhythmic ideas that, like in his fifth symphony, derive from Lithuanian folk music and contemporary minimalist trends. The text was written by the Lithuanian poet and translator Eduardas Mieželaitis.
If you would like to have the score for educational/study use only, please send me an email at pranav.sivakumar@berkeley.edu.
00:05 1. Cantus aequalis
09:47 2. Cantus inaequalis
16:54 3. Graduale I
26:18 4. Graduale II
37:52 5. Graduale III
47:29 6. Antiphonale
58:45 7. Processionale (attacca)
Performers are listed in the description at 00:00.
Julius Juzeliūnas (1916-2001) was a Lithuanian composer and teacher, one of the most influential in his country during the 20th century. For more on Juzeliūnas, see my score video of his fifth symphony: youtube.com/watch?v=CrdNrmIaa00
While I find the fifth symphony "Lygumų giesmės" to be Juzeliūnas' most well-crafted work, his magnum opus is surely the nearly 70-minute "Cantus Magnificat", composed around the same time in 1979. I can't find much information about the piece from English-language Google search, but it was commissioned to mark the 400th anniversary of Vilnius University (hence the text being in both Latin and Lithuanian.)
Composed for orchestra, vocal soloists, two choirs and organ, this piece displays the composer's command of meticulous orchestration and choral writing, as well as harmonic and rhythmic ideas that, like in his fifth symphony, derive from Lithuanian folk music and contemporary minimalist trends. The text was written by the Lithuanian poet and translator Eduardas Mieželaitis.
If you would like to have the score for educational/study use only, please send me an email at pranav.sivakumar@berkeley.edu.
