5/11/2021 0 Comments Eric Whitacre This Marriage Pdf
Mightily effective, its superbly performed (as is everything else on the CD) by Polyphony and Stephen Layton.I guess if you like Tavener (or Prt, who is strongly evoked in David), youll enjoy Whitacre.May this marriage be a sign of compassion, a seal of happiness here and hereafter.
Thomas, conductor Digitally Remastered Brigham Young University Choirs and Eric Whitacre 2Whitacre 2 CD booklet - FINALversion2.indd 1 Ifirst encountered Eric Whitacres music when preparing a concert program of music by living American composers for Brigham Young University Singers appearance at the 1996 International Choral Symposium in Sydney, Australia. A friend told me of a most astonishing piece written by a fellow student while at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, entitled Cloudburst, which she thought worthy of performance forthe most discriminating of audiences anywhere.I contacted the composer who was by then at the Juilliard School. Thus began a very fruitful relationship between Eric Whitacre and the BYU choirs. With Eric Whitacres close collaboration in 2001, BYU Singers recorded the album Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001, which was digitally remastered and rereleased in 2014 as Eric Whitacre Choral Works, Volume 1: A Cappella Works 19912001. This album, Eric Whitacre Choral Works, Volume 2, which was originally released in 2008 and titled Brigham Young University Choirs and Eric Whitacre 2, is being rereleased as a followup album of Whitacres music. While Volume 1 has been one of the best selling choral CDs all over the world since its original release in 2002, Volume 2 offers performances not only of Whitacres pieces for accompanied choir, but also of his a cappella works written since 2001. The varied performing forces of the pieces in this second album have given us the chance to include with BYU Singers other BYU choirs: BYU Concert Choir, conducted by Rosalind Hall, and BYU Womens Chorus, conducted at the time of the recording by David Thomas. All of the strikingly beautiful music on this album confirms that Eric Whitacre is not simply the compositeur du jour. For though his music is being performed and heralded all over the world, he has proven himself an enduring and driving force in todays choral art, as well as a promising voice for strong direction and vital development for the art for years to come. Ronald Staheli, conductor BYU SingersWhitacre 2 CD booklet - FINALversion2.indd 2 102213 3:07 PM Recording session with BYU Singers and BYU Concert Choir, Dr. Ronald Staheli (center), and Eric Whitacre (far left) in theLeid Gallery, BYU Museum of Art, 2008Whitacre 2 CD booklet - FINALversion2.indd 3 102213 3:07 PM The ArtistsBYU SingersDr. Ronald Staheli, conductorBrigham Young University Singers is a highly select ensemble of 40 skilled and versatile singer-musicians that is known for polished and moving concert performances. ![]() Ronald Staheli, the choir has gained the reputation of being one of the finestuniversity choirs in the United States and has toured Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, theBritish Isles, West Africa, and South Africa since they were organized in 1984. Their extensive touringin the US and abroad along with many audio recordings and TV broadcasts have given the choir awell-deserved reputation for excellence and artistry. Both critics and audience members report theensemble to be musically precise, with an impressive flair for stylish and heartfelt interpretation.BYU Concert ChoirRosalind Hall, conductorBrigham Young University Concert Choir comprises 100 advanced singers who are committed to achallenging choral experience. This very select ensemble has acquired an outstanding reputationfor its captivating performances of a wide variety of repertoire taken from the great choral literature,encompassing many different styles and genres. The choir has released two albums: All Creatures ofour God and King and Beautiful River. The choirs performance of Eric Whitacres Five Hebrew LoveSongs (on this album and on Beautiful River) has been praised by singers.com saying that it provesto us that the BYU Concert Choir is ready to take its place as one of the best mixed choirs in theworld. BYU Concert Choir has inspired hearts and minds with their recorded music and is a topfavorite of concert audiences.Whitacre 2 CD booklet - FINALversion2.indd 4 102213 3:07 PM BYU Womens ChorusDavid M. Thomas, conductorBrigham Young University Womens Chorus is a large group of select, versatile singers who performa diverse repertoire extending from medieval and renaissance works to masterpieces of our owntime. Folk music and other varied genres are included in the choirs study and performances. Thechoir is well known for its beautiful, blended sound from pristine, quiet unison to the majesty oflarge textured sonorities. BYU Womens Chorus entered the musical mainstream under the batonof current conductor Jean Applonie with its debut solo album, Wondrous Love, in 2008. This albumgained the attention of numerous composers and arrangers across the country who expressed theirdesire to write specifically for the choir. Stretched out on the beach, Light unblinking, a boy and a girl. This Marriage Light flung down, the pillars awake May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
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