Eric whitacre is a conductor, broadcaster and public speaker. Commissioned by the big east consortium, this haunting chorale. This hardcover book is a new way to enjoy and share. The text was originally written to accompany whitacres enormously popular choral work sleep. Julia armstrong, a lawyer and professional mezzosoprano living in austin, texas. On march 1, i had a very inspiring experience performing with eric. Follow eric whitacre and explore their bibliography from s eric whitacre author page. Sleep began its life as an a cappella choral setting, with a magnificent original poem by charles anthony silvestri.
Instead, there are several bars of unusual, wandering chord progressions and parallel movement that seem not to point to an obvious. From composer eric whitacre comes a brand new work, the lush and achingly beautiful sleep. This beautifully illustrated childrens book is the latest result of a collaboration between poet charles anthony silvestri and composer eric whitacre. Whitacre has stated that he prefers the silvestri text over the original and will therefore not republish the music with the frost poem, even after 2019. The first piece he ever performed mozarts requiem changed his life. This hardcover book is a new way to enjoy and share the poem, with lavish illustrations by anne.
Eric whitacre, hamilton cheifetz, portland state univresity, whitacres sleep. Eric whitacre on wikimusicguide better than wikipedia in this case, including complete works list. Eric edward whitacre born january 2, 1970 is an american composer, conductor, and. Eric whitacre is the author of eric whitacre collection 4. 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. Eric whitacres sleep began as a choral composition, setting the text of the. Whitacres virtual choir performance of lux aurumque, has received 4.
Eric whitacres most popular book is pirates of the caribbean. Books by eric whitacre author of eric whitacre collection. Whitacre began with a test run of sleep, then lux aurumque in 2009 and then sleep again in 2010. Sleep 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. Eric whitacre has 15 books on goodreads with 43 ratings. 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. Eric whitacre news newspapers books scholar jstor august 2016 learn how and when to remove this. Enjoy this book, explore the music which inspired it, and see the connections between words and art and music which are everywhere. Eric whitacres virtual choir is a global gathering of online singers for the creation of stunning multimedia choral performances. This hardcover book is a new way to enjoy and share the poem, with lavish illustrations by anne horjus. The book includes pieces of varying difficulty, wideranging in theme, from the iconic sleep and water night to the. Sleep illustrated book by charles anthony silvestri kickstarter.