Commissioned by Philip Brunelle artistic director of VocalEssence (Minneapolis Minnesota) Nox Aurumque was premiered on 22 March 2009 at Orchestra Hall with the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and the St. Olaf Choir. CoroCitt Di…
SATB divisi a cappella-Featured in Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 4 bringing together over 8 000 submissions from 101 countries from around the world “Fly to Paradise” is taken from the award-winning musical Paradise …
Commissioned by the University of Miami School of Music for its 75th anniversary celebrations Five Hebrew Love Songs is a wonderful collection of settings of beautiful Hebrew poetry by the composer's wife Hila Plitmann. The songs…
Here are three whimsical settings of Ogden Nash poems that are perfect for a lighter portion of your program or as an encore. They are easily-learned and fun to perform! Includes: 1) The Panther; 2) The Cow; 3) The Firefly.
Eric Whitacre has become a musical sensation across the globe. His new chart-topping CD release Water Night comes hot on the heels of his Grammy award-winning album Light and Gold.Water Night is an inspiring collection showcasing…
For SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.Commissioned by Distinguished Concept Artists International New York as part of the DCINY Premiere Project.By Eric Whitacre with text from E.E.Cummings.
Light warm and heavyas pure gold and the angelssing softly to thenewborn babe.A poem by Edward Esch (translated into Latin by Charles Anthony Silvestri) with tight shimmering harmonies. For SATB Choir (divisi) A Cappella.As perfo…
This a cappella collection of pieces for mixed choir by Eric Whitacre is the first available printed music compilation of its kind for the composer. The book includes pieces of varying difficulty wide-rangingin theme from the ic…
The continuing popularity of Eric Whitacre's dramatic and evocative music is evident in concert programming everywhere with his symphonic choral and operatic works. October is arguably his most notable symphonic work now adapte…
A new setting of the text of the Latin Grace from Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University with a beautiful undulating soprano solo. Ideal for the concert hall or for use in a liturgical setting.
Initially composed for SATB this collection of Five Hebrew Love Songs is available here for women's voices (SA) with Violin and Piano accompaniment. Like the SATB version the suite is set for Piano and Violin but may also be pe…
A setting for SATB Choir A Cappella (divisi: 5 Sopranos 4 Altos 3 Tenors 3 Basses). The text Octavio Paz has been translated from the original Spanish by Muriel Rukeyser.
Written based on a poem of the same title by Octavio Paz A Boy and a Girl is Whitacre at his finest with the composer himself describing four measures as 'the truest notes I've ever written'.Stretched out on the grassa boy and a…
This is a beautifully crafted a cappella work for SATB Choir (divisi: 2 Soprano 2 Alto 2 Tenor 2 Bass). The music was originally composed to set the words of Robert Frost's poem Stopping By Woods but owing to complex legalitie…
Full of colorful contrasts this final movement from The City and the Sea dances with fun and humor! The rhythmic wordplay and deconstructed syllables of the E.E. Cummings poem hurtle ever faster to the final sudden ?stop? for an …
for SATB Chorus and Piano-This piece was commissioned by Bruce Mayhall for the Delaware All-State Choir and is a wonderful setting of a beautiful Octavio Paz poem in its original Spanish. The piece is scored for SATB choir with P…
