The Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir #6 had more than 17,000 singers. As a response to COVID-19 and the isolation and division the pandemic was creating, Eric wrote the words and music with the hope that ?Sing Gently? might give some small measure of comfort for those who need it, and that it might suggest a way of living with one another that is compassionate, gentle, and kind.
One of the latest hotly-anticipated choral works from Eric Whitacre Alleluia is sure to be popular with choirs for concerts and liturgical services and events alike. The work simply sets one word - Alleluia - and embodiesWhitacre's trademark style. Duration: ca. 10:00.
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. Duration: ca. 3:00.
With the characteristic clusters broken into arpeggios for this movement this playful work features delightful wordplay and simple fun! Duration: ca. 1:40.
Composed in the spirit of the Renaissance works written to Elizabeth I - fair Oriana - this soaring work for double chorus is in the signature Whitacre style with brilliant choral textures unfolding into a majestic final salute Long live Oriana!
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 extraordinary concert finale. Duration: ca. 3:45.
