This wonderful adaptation of whitacres acclaimed choral work brings the thunderous power of nature into your concert hall. Sleep by eric whitacre 1970 octavo sheet music for. Eric whitacre has made an impact on the choral world. Ascap, emi music publishing, adrev publishing, latinautor, and 8 music rights societies. The choral music of eric whitacre from 19912004 scholarly. Published by carpe ranam and distributed by hal leonard, it was. Featuring erics composition sleep, virtual choir 2 was released in april 2011 and was met with a staggering response, incorporating 2052 videos from 58 countries and from all walks of life, including 9 year olds to senior citizens.
Sitvestri satb divisi, unaccompanied whitacre anniversary. Obrasso verlag ag obrassoverlag ag 014537 switzerlal. Eric whitacre i will wade out from three songs of faith eric whitacre animal crackers, volume 2. To contrast a boy and a girl contains some eighth note passages to convey momentum, whilst lux aurumque employs up to twelve mallets across the instruments to keep the original division of parts. Now, for the first time ever, he creates the experience in real time, as 32 singers from around the world skype in to join an onstage choir assembled from three local colleges for an epic performance of whitacres cloudburst, based on a. Eric whitacre is what you might call a modernchoralpop composer, and i mean that in the best possible way. With a text by celebrated american poet charles anthony silvestri, it is a particularly moving perspective on the journey into sleep and, finally, to dream.
This loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. Commissioned by the big east consortium, this haunting chorale begins softly and slowly blossoms to a powerful climax. Sleep began its life as an a cappella choral setting, with a magnificent original poem by charles anthony silvestri. Please, post your thoughts in the field below, our community members and supervisors will be happy to get back to you right away. From the composer of the much performed cloudburst, here is a new collaboration between eric whitacre and poet charles anthony silvestri, drawing on the mystical moment between awareness and sleep.
I have available a new resource to accompany the sleep study guide. Though diatonic set theory does more than any other theory to combine the seemingly. April 6, 2011 choral composer eric whitacre recruited vocalists from 58 countries via youtube to sing his work. Can someone explain the music theory behind eric whitacre. Eric whitacre sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. From composer eric whitacre comes a brand new work, the lush and achingly beautiful sleep. In october 2000, the 16voice austin, texas choral ensemble austin prochorus made the debut performance of an. Files cleaned originally eric whiteacre lux aurumque.
Download pdf tufts digital library tufts university. You may also be interested in the following sheet music. Achievement standard 91422 v2 internal analyse a substantial music work. A fellow of the american college of surgeons, whitacre has lectured on. Eric whitacre water night 2012 flac tracks 24 bit48 khz time 75. Eric whitacre sleep, my child ssattbb choir a cappella. Sleep, 2000 eric whitacre palestrina the watford utc. Eric whitacres choral works have been generously surveyed on disc, but only a handful of choirs have yet devoted an entire recording to his music. Grammywinning composer and conductor eric whitacre had an aha. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. This expressive, lush choral work by eric whitacre combines an enigmatic tex. Sleep eric whitacre the eric whitacre singers youtube.
Upon my pillow, safe in bed, a thousand pictures fill my head, i cannot sleep, my mids aflight. See new and popular eric whitacre songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. And a few years later the towne singers graciously commissioned this. Partnering with skype, he merged a 100voice live choir. Whitacre has an original approach to vocal music and has taken advantage of the internet to create virtual choirs.
There is a competent performance of this work by the choir of kings college, cambridge on youtube starting here here is a clickable table of the available midi files for this work. Cambodian genocide began microsoft was founded john paul ii. Sleep, my child eric whitacre commissioned by chanticleer solo soprano i solo soprano ii soprano alto tenor bass piano for rehearsal only g eeee e 00 0 g eeee e 00 0 g. A presentation and listening guide to eric whitacres sleep, focusing on the lyric. Sleep is a work for a cappella chorus composed by eric whitacre with lyrics by poet charles anthony silvestri. Lush and luminescent, handbells, thunder sheets and the audience assisting in finger snapping transform the entire hall into a magnificent thunderstorm. Addedtone sonorities in the choral music of eric whitacre angela hall follow this and additional works at. Pdf sleeves water night is the new album from the visionary composer behind the virtual choir and follows up his grammy awardwinning album, light and gold. The evening hangs beneath the moon, a silver thread on darkened dune. The 2011 virtual choir video features 2052 performances of sleep from 1752 singers in 58 countries, individually recorded and uploaded to youtube between september 2010 and january 2011. Many of his choral compositions, cloudburst, lux aurumque and sleep among them, have entered the standard choral repertoire and his orchestral music has been performed by some of the worlds most distinguished orchestras both sides of the atlantic. Eric whitacre, md, facs, is a boardcertified breast surgeon at the breast center at mercy medical center in baltimore. Find eric whitacre composition information on allmusic. Eric whitacre piano accompaniment arranged by lisa edwards moderato semplice, con rubato ca.
However, whitacres fluid lines and blossoming harmonies give his music its own highly personal and irresistible magic. While some modern composers seem to write with the dual purpose of making the music incredibly complex and entirely unlistenable, whitacre picks his spots perfectly, using dissonance to make his cadences all the more satisfying. As91422 resource for sleep by eric whitacre stephen lange. Whitacre chose sleep as the piece that his virtual choir 2. While the voice range is accessible, sleep requires a big enough choir to. A guide to rehearsal and performance eric whitacressleep russell cowieson sleep, originally an a cappella choral piece composed in 2000, was commissioned by the big east conference band directors association whose many members are to be found printed in the score. Eric whitacre, eric whitacre singers licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of decca umo. Eric whitacre sheet music to download top quality pdfs. Three of whitacres compositions, water night, cloudburst, and sleep are frequent choices for allstate. We did sleep two years ago, and it was the best piece ive ever performed with.
Addedtone sonorities in the choral music of eric whitacre. Cloudburst whitacre sheet music for voice download. Sleep, 2000 eric whitacre anticum anticorum, 1584 palestrina music for 18 musicians, 1976 steve reich rhapsody in lue, 1924 george gershwin armen, 1845 izet summer 2017 students at uts across the country have the unique opportunity to specialise their education early to subjects they enjoy and excel at, but as you start looking. Whitacre might read this, i would like to tell him. Eric whitacre born 2 january 1970 in reno, nv is an american composer of choral, wind band and electronic music. Im not familiar with lux aurumque but im pretty its not the baritones singing the low c. He has also served as a guest conductor for ensembles throughout europe, asia, australia and the americas. In our catalog, you can find eric whitacre sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other. Ascap, adrev publishing, emi music publishing, latinautor, and 8 music rights societies. Im a high school music teacher band, strings and guitar, and right now ive got the band working on october. Bob edwards interviews eric whitacre on radio link 45. The official launch took place at paley center for media in new york.
Do you have any questions or requests about eric whitacres music repertoire, eric whitacre in general, or just a comment about this page. Eric whitacre began his music career singing in his college choir. Composer and conductor eric whitacre has inspired millions by bringing together virtual choirs, singers from many countries spliced together on video. This thesis is brought to you for free and open access by washington university open scholarship. I transcribed sleep replacing the voices with the warm, earthy tones of the marimbas to make a seriously special marimba chorale.
Im not familiar with this besides a boy and a girl, sleep, and cloudburst so i wont rate it, but all three are amazing songs and very difficult to perform. Whitacre talks at ted about his background and virtual choir 2. It has been accepted for inclusion in all theses and. Eric edward whitacre born january 2, 1970 is an american composer, conductor, and speaker known for his choral, orchestral, and wind ensemble music. He studied composition at the university of nevada, las vegas and the juilliard school with notable composers including john corigliano and david diamond his choral works and band works have rapidly become accepted in the repertoire due to their strong appeal to audiences and players alike. Olaf choir, and the 160voice minnesota high school honors choir in a performance of sleeppart of. Eric whitacres music uses a gorgeous blend of extended harmonies and approachable, popmusic inspired structures. Can also be performed with optional satb chorus, with original text by celebrated american poet charles anthony silvestri. This is really about launching the phenomenon which is whitacre. A cappella this expressive, lush choral work by eric whitacre combines an enigmatic text and expansive chordal harmonies into a sublime musical statement of release and quiet resolve. Today, he has published more than four dozen choral works, conducted in some of the most esteemed halls in the world, and featured on dozens of recordings. Eric whitacre was born on january 2, 1970 in reno, nevada.