Whitacre: Choral Music / Edison, Elora Festival Singers

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 15, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WHITACRE, ERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Edison, Elora Festival Singers, Bauman, De'Ath
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 15, 2010
    • UPC
      636943967720
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8559677
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Her Sacred Spirit Soars

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    2. A Boy and a Girl

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    3. Water Night

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    4. This Marriage

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    5. Lux aurumque (Light of Gold)

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    6. little tree

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Performer: Leslie De'Ath

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    7. When David Heard

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    8. Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Performer: Carol Bauman

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    9. i thank you God for most this amazing day

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    10. Sleep

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Conductor: Noel Edison

    11. Little Birds

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Performer: Leslie De'Ath

      Conductor: Noel Edison


Eric Whitacre’s dedication to the beauty of sound, paired with exquisite texts, results in a poetic combination that creates a unique sonic experience. These works are existential choral moments, beautifully crafted, and harmonised to express a compressed moment in time. Such sublime sonorities transcend descriptions such as ‘warm’, ‘glistening’ or ‘shimmering’, although these features of his choral works do suggest affinities with the sound worlds of Arvo Pärt or John Tavener, for instance. However, Whitacre’s fluid lines and blossoming harmonies give his music its own highly personal and irresistible magic.