Locus iste (WAB 23) is a sacred motet by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.
The work for unaccompanied choir was completed in 1869 for the dedication of a votive chapel at the New Cathedral in Linz.[1] The Latin text is taken from the Gradual. Like many of Bruckner's motets, this work is characterized by the "isolation of the bass part at structurally important points".[2]
The short piece is C major and common time. Tthe Oratorio Society of New York suggests that "Locus iste is a hauntingly beautiful work reminiscent of the quiet chapel it honored".[3] Writing for Gramophone, Malcolm Riley called it "sublime (and deceptively difficult)".[4]
Discography
- Bruckner: Motets (1986). Corydon Singers. Hyperion.
- Bruckner: Mass in E minor; Ave Maria; Christus Factus Est; Locus Iste; Virga Jesse (1992). Kammerchor Stuttgart. Sony Music Distribution.
References
- ^ Williamson, John, ed. (2004). The Cambridge companion to Bruckner. Cambridge University Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780521008785.
- ^ Carver, Anthony (February 2005). "Bruckner and the Phyrgian mode". Music & Letters. 86 (1): 74–99.
- ^ "Bruckner Notes & Translation". Oratorio Society of New York. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ Riley, Malcolm. "Bruckner Motets". Gramophone. Retrieved 19 September 2014.