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Whitacre: The Sacred Veil / Los Angeles Master Chorale
Signum Classics

Whitacre: The Sacred Veil / Los Angeles Master Chorale

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Details

Composer
WHITACRE, ERIC
Artist
LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Aug 28, 2020
Catalog #
SIGCD630
UPC
635212063026

About

The Sacred Veil - a project led by Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri - was created following the passing of Charles’ wife, Julia in 2005. It represents a journey towards the answer for many questions, including whether departed loved ones are truly gone, and how can we mourn those we have lost whilst still moving forward? In Charles’ own words, the project became “a significant part of my journey toward healing and wholeness after great loss.”

Poet, author, composer, and speaker Charles Anthony Silvestri has worked with other artists from all over the world to create texts tailor-made for their commissions and specific artistic needs. He enjoys the challenge of solving these creative problems and has provided custom choral texts, opera libretti, program notes and other writing for composers including Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo, Kim Arnesen, and Dan Forrest, and for ensembles ranging from high schools to the Houston Grand Opera, from the King’s Singers to the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, from Westminster Choir College to Westminster Abbey.

Grammy® Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is one of the world’s most performed living composers. His works have been programmed worldwide by millions of amateur and professional performers, while his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united singers from over 120 different countries. Eric, a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School of Music, is presently Artist in Residence with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, following five years as Composer in Residence at the University of Cambridge, UK.As conductor of the Eric Whitacre Singers, he has released such chart-topping albums including Light and Gold and Water Night. In high demand as guest conductor, he has drawn capacity audiences to concerts with the Netherlands Radio Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Flemish Radio Choir, and Minnesota Orchestra.

REVIEWS

The Sacred Veil is notable simply as one of the most deeply personal pieces of concert music heard in quite some time. Yet there is more to its profound effect than this. Whitacre responds to the texts with a sober language akin to but quite distinct from his usual style, something like the dark language cultivated by Renaissance composers for the requiem mass and other serious texts. The performances by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, under Whitacre's direction, are superb, and the sound, from California's Musco Center for the Arts, is exemplary.

– AllMusicGuide.com (James Manheim)

Composer Eric Whitacre and poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, longtime collaborators and close friends, come together for their most personal and expansive work to date. Whitacre has created a powerful score for Silvestri’s heartfelt poetry in the 12-movement work The Sacred Veil. Silvestri’s wife, Julie, died of ovarian cancer at age 36 in 2005, leaving two young children. His texts, written collaboratively with Whitacre, and the intimate, compelling score tell a story of courtship, love, loss, and the search for solace. Whitacre leads the Los Angeles Master Chorale in the world-premiere recording.

– WFMT-FM (Lisa Flynn)

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. The Veil Opens 06:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. The Veil Opens
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  2. 2 II. In a Dark and Distant Year 02:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. In a Dark and Distant Year
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  3. 3 III. Home 04:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Home
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  4. 4 IV. Magnetic Poetry 06:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Magnetic Poetry
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  5. 5 V. Whenever There is Birth 03:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Whenever There is Birth
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  6. 6 VI. I'm Afraid 05:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. I'm Afraid
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  7. 7 VII. I Am Here 02:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. I Am Here
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  8. 8 VIII. Delicious Times 05:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Delicious Times
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  9. 9 IX. One Last Breath 01:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. One Last Breath
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  10. 10 X. Dear Friends 03:17
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. Dear Friends
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  11. 11 XI. You Rise, I Fall 10:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. You Rise, I Fall
    Duration
    10:00
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  12. 12 XII. Child of Wonder 04:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    XII. Child of Wonder
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Eric Whitacre
    Performer
    Jeffrey Zeigler, Lisa Edwards
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Eric Whitacre
  13. 13 Interview with Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri 22:55
    Track
    13
    Title
    Interview with Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri
    Duration
    22:55
    Composer
    na Not Applicable
    Performer
    Eric Whitacre, Charles Anthony Silvestri