Eric Whitacre Live at the Union Chapel
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Eric Whitacre conducts the Eric Whitacre Singers in a concert performance during recording for his new album, Water Night. The concert performance includes:
Alleluia
Her Sacred Spirit Soars
Goodnight Moon
Oculi Omnium
When David Heard
This Marriage
Sleep my Child
Lux aurumque
Eric Whitacre: Water Night
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They do the 'basics' all on their own, so I am left to simply 'ride the wave', try to guide them in a gentle and subtle way. Not saying I am the world's best conductor, but I am very happy with the way my group sounds, and from a conducting standpoint I believe that is all that matters.
When David heard is immaculate. A good expression of David’s emotional state after finding out his son had died. Despite Absalom’s attempt to killing his father, David still wept ! I always think of the pain God our Father must’ve felt when His son, Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross for our sins. What a merciful, gracious and kind God we serve!!
We have our full armor on...committed to the LORD...resisting the enemy...HE HAS TO FLEE! in JESUS name! Thank YOU! LORD!....KEEP COMING..
Guard his mind, LORD as only YOU can...be his SHIELD...he is impenetrable body, mind, emotions and spirit in JESUS name! Thank YOU! LORD! In his weakness YOU! are strong..he no longer wslks in "own strength"...DIVINE HEALTH is YOUR GIFT to him now..in JESUS name! Thank YOU! LORD!
The first piece was unbelievable. It made me enter in a mysterious universe that I don't want to leave anymore. Chills and chills, thank you Eric.
That is the amazing part. For this concert (which was twice as long, by the way - this video is only the highlights) we had two 3 hour rehearsals and a short dress rehearsal on the day of the concert. On some of the pieces in this performance they are literally sight reading.
I had once thought the great classical choral tradition had died with Benjamin Britten. I also thought that, except for film scores, listenable new classical music was in danger of extinction after the deaths of Copland and Bernstein. The music of composers Rutter, Part, Lauridsen and you, Mr. Whitacre have proved me wrong. Thank you.
Eric Whitacre Magnificent performance. Only those of us who have sung a cappella know the challenges of such an undertaking, especially sight-reading!
Amazing!! In high school i did similar things. My teacher was magnificent and chose one of your pieces for our concert choir to sing. That song was Glow. i absolutely fell in love with the way you compose music. incredible!
OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was there! Thank you for a wonderful concert!
Starting times of the songs in this video:
00:16 Oculi Oculum
03:27 Alleluia
12:23 This Marriage
15:46 When David Heard
32:13 Her Sacred Spirit Soars
39:29 Goodnight Moon
44:27 Sleep My Child
50:11 Lux Aurumque
Thank you!
Kelvin Smith Muchas gracias.
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bless you!!
Thank you. Greetings from Miami. 🏖
That soprano soloist's voice is the purest I've ever heard
xXTacocubesXx I know it is simply haunting
I turned this on and left it running as I lay upon my bed and imagine what world's would be created if inspired by your music, and there was no more beautiful thought that I've ever created, no image more perfect.
You Eric, are a God of music.
When David heard Absalom was slain..... Eric excellently managed to make me feel the grief of David felt after the loss
fo shizzles..
11 years ago, I wish I could have attended this concert, yet I am enjoying with a full presence now more than ever!
When David Heard, though. Eric is seriously one of the most incredible people alive and it truly shows in each and every one of these pieces and the unbelievable talent of his choir.
OCULI OMINIUM IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL
I see now why everyone loves David Heard. It’s an extremely complicated piece wow
A close friend passed away from cancer the other day. This is a wonderful way to spend some time reflecting on his life and the times with friends. Eric's music moves and calms my soul while exalting my friend's I hope. "May your sacred spirit soar", my friend!
For those on a spiritual journey the power of this music by Whitacre is nourishment and peaceful substance for soul searching. Gives glory to our Creator. Feeling His smile thru the universe.
I am from Portugal and I heard a choir performing "When David heard" today... I cried. Congratulations Eric Whitacre for composing this incredible piece of music and Coro de Câmara do Instituto Gregoriano (the choir) for your beautiful performance!
We are performing the hebrew love songs tomorrow in Buenos Aires, argentina. The music is beautiful and mysterious. My family will be there and im very happy. Thank you for your music, Eric!
I was literally crying at 17:42. This is so beautiful.
When David Heard is one of the best pieces of modern choral music I've heard. Beautiful, incredible. Well done Mr. Whitacre. My heart melted at the end of Her Scared Spirits Soars where the basses resolve the chord. I love that moving line; favorite part of the song. Overall, beautiful music and performance 😍❤️
Looks like Mr. Whitacre has gotten over his fear of breaking down sobbing during "When David Heard." I remember him saying he can't help it when he hears that song. It truly is one of my favorite pieces by him!
Speaking as a member of Eric's choir, I can say that his conducting is actually really good - a lot clearer (when it needs to be) than many leading choral conductors I have worked with, and leaving lots of room for indicating expression in dynamic, tempo, and tone.
May heaven be like your music. Please Lord, let my eternity be like this. In my day, I was a cathedral soloist and choir director, So I can almost feel what you are feeling when you direct. amazing
To deny that man could ever understand god is to deny free will.
It doesn't get more pure and blissful than this. I'm sitting here at 1:30am, listening after a day of work. Fully relaxed and on the brink of crying from happiness. Beautiful choir and a excellent composer. Love it!
I come back to this concert often. I simply adore Occuli Omnium and Alleluia and am able to hear them together. I have purchased Eric’s CDs and single songs online. I had the privilege and pleasure of hearing the EWS conducted by Eric in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and am so thankful for the opportunity and experience. Thank you Mr. Whitacre and the choirs that perform his music.
Hum , hum ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! , que ces dissonances sont bonnes à prendre dans les oreilles ! ! ! ! ! !
As precious as this undeniably is (Eric clearly gets heavenly aural input), there it'll be even better: perfect bodies & minds: 1st Corinthians 2:9 "... Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."
(>Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, ... neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him) & 52:15). Soli Deo gloria!
I have this doubt that you'll ever read this comment, but your work is truly the greatest music I have ever heard, Mr. Whitacre. Thank you for what you do!
This is what I envision Heaven to sound like with all our perfect voices singing praises. Eric has melted my heart with emotion and has filled it with passion. I can't sing this good but in my own privacy I can soar with them all. Thank you Eric.
Honestly some of the most beautifully composed music I've ever heard. There's a reason Whitacre is my favorite composer! :) Not to mention the emotion he has while conducting; simply moving.
Eric Whitacre, marry me.
Your passion for music is so visible when you conduct and there is very few people who you can really see that in anymore. Thank you for doing what you do.
Just keep coming...no weapon formed against us will prosper..in JESUS name! Thank YOU! LORD! WE ARE UNDER THE BLOOD OF JESUS...
I had the privilege to perform this great piece of music at Andrews University. If your not moved to tears while singing it then your not sining it right. Well done Eric for creating an awesome masterpiece that tells such a great story!
Wonderful!!!!!
Top Three Favorites: When David Heard, Alleluia, and Lux Arumque. Absolutely beautiful♥️♥️♥️
best regards from TAHITI CONSERVATORY !
I was there!
When David Heard.❤🙆♂️The entire passage from 29:51-31:48 was just other-worldly. The suspension at 30:51 went deeep into the bloodstream.The silence at the end is a testament to how powerful this performance was. This entire performance is incredible and must have been even more so live.
I can´t believe, they are live at least as good- if not better than on their CD! Absolutly awsome! Congratulation for this beautiful concert. How I wish I could have been in the audience!
To Servusdei2013 - You asked, "What is your method of conducting and how do the singers follow?"
The answer is both astounding and incredibly simple in one breath: The Whitacre Method and Absolute Professionalism from all present!
Close your eyes and listen again. Do you now need your 'downbeat'? Let your heart absorb the gift! You're making music mechanical. A suggestion would be to learn the way of the heart - it has a "downbeat" all its own. Mr. Whitacre is musical genius for our day.
Seeing Mr. Whitacre conduct his own work is so beautiful...
that soloist has a divine voice. heavenly.
I enjoy that Eric Whitacre is one of the best things ever to happen to music, and yet he's still down-to-earth enough to talk to us on TH-cam and Facebook. This kind of thing is just one of those simple things that makes me smile.
You and your performers are a living breathing legacy. Nothing but respect for all of you and your work.
I am beginning to believe that choral music is the apex of human achievement.
Sure there are other exquisite forms of music and artistic expression, scientific and engineering marvels and other 'achievements', but nothing else has the purity of the 3 'C's: A Composition, a Conductor and a Choir - no instruments or accoutrements required.
Choral Music is unique in how it is both inspired by and is able to express the entire range of human experience: joy and sorrow, celebration and wonderment, and of course meditation and a yearning for a connection/reconnection with loved ones and ultimately, God.
Storytelling/poetry and dance are the other accoutrement-free forms of complete expression, but cultural perspective and linguistic translation is required. Dance comes in a close second, but as most dance is not performed in silence choral music retains primacy.
Please understand that I am not denigrating or minimizing other musical, artistic or creative forms but rather marveling at how, from my perspective, the entirety of a human life and of human existence can be conveyed, complete with nuance and emotion with just the 3 Cs - composition, conductor, choir.
Agreed. Well said.
You sir are a genius
I agree, but my emotion is best portrayed by my instrument. But, if we were all the same, what's the point of living. I agree that overall the human voice is the most expressive, but to me the best way to produce the most expression is through an instrument. But I don't disagree with you.
The human voice is the instrument of God.
Brilliant.
Thanks God for Eric and his talent
...and for music in general. Life would be miserable without beauty like this.
One weeps from the beauty being carried through your flesh and bones to full fill the souls sails... perfect. Perfect.
This is like balm for the heart and soul Eric. Thank you so much for making these recordings available.
25:10 man!!! Whitacre’s face tells it all.. music is powerful.. and when you feel the energy from that massive 18-part chord and connect it with the words… my Goodness ! Exquisite
From 30:40 to 30:55. Soul crushing agony. That tritone he threw in the IV is pure torment.
the sound is so extraordinary.....I put it on and intent to work but instead I am transfixed by it......totally captured by its beauty
Eric's demeanor is so light and airy when he conducts Alleluia.
I love that chord at 17:46. It sounds like freaking string instruments and an organ and it blows my mind!
“When David heard that Absolam was slain, he went up to his chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, thus he said, O my son Absolam! My son, my son Absolam! Would God I had died for thee, O Absolam, my son, my son!”
Lyrics for those who can’t quite understand what they’re saying
I love "This Marriage." The movement with everyone in perfect harmony is beautiful, but my favorite song is "When David Heard." I seriously love Eric Whitacre.
This is probably the closest I've been to a religious experience. I felt my heart soar and break and it's just amazing, I'm so glad I found this
+Aulbrey Taylor
Spiritual Experience**
Religion can be spiritual but what you felt my dear...
It is purely spiritual. And it is amazing - a full body experience...
I can literally feel the energy flowing inside my body...
+Nicholas Taranto I fully agree. Spirituality is a direct experience of the Divine.
Religion is belief in somebody else's experience of the Divine (Jesus, Mohammed, etc.)
When you feel it deep in the marrow of your bone, that is awesome. Aubrey, that is also telling you we are spiritual people by nature!
Aulbrey Taylor music is a religious experience itself. No need for actual religion. :)
@@davehshs651 Going to need to quote you on this simple yet profound statement.
I couldn't imagine singing When David Heard. I would be sobbing the whole time!
goosebumps. thank-you.
No other group of singers does it better. Perfect.
Greetings to both of you from Merida, Venezuela
I'm an english soprano myself, so I completely understand the clarity and the purity they possess. I describe them to my friends as "crystal glasses singing"
Nothing more beautiful the sound of a well-trained choir with a great selection of music!
May I ask Mr. Eric Whitacre? How were you able to compose "When David's Heard"? The emotion of the song really touches the heart of a broken man like crying and sobbing. I can literally hear it when I close my eyes. This is beyond ordinary composition. Thank you for making it.
Beautiful. Every since my choir sung "The Seal Lulliby", I've really been interested in Eric Whittacre's work. I am grateful to be able to visually see such a composer in the works. I would be honored to be part of his choir, or to even have him direct the choir I am in currently.
literally who would thumbs down this? smh.
So incredibly beautiful, soulful, soothing, and uplifting. THANK YOU.
regarding Alleluia. I hardly know what to say. Breath-taking. I wept. And the 'amen'.....that 'amen'.....there are no words. I'm a Catholic, and I pray to God that much much more of your future work will be for a liturgical setting. It is for this that He made you. May God continue to bless you and inspire all of your work.
Truly angelic tones!! Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing these amazing moments. The magic of the music you write and the way she flies through the voices of these wonderful singers... breathtaking. Thank you.
alleluia is the best one of them all
When David heard is in my opinion, can’t beat it
I wonder how old you have to be to be able to audition for the Eric Whitacre Singers. It'd be my dream to tour around and perform his music with him as my conductor. It'd be a privilege just to audition for him! Their voices are so pure and I'd love to be able to grow as an artist singing with them!
Absolutely exquisite.
NYC - Lincoln Center - Alice Tully Hall - March 21st - See you there!!!!
Such beautiful music. Thank you, Eric Whitacre, for being a musical genius. So phenomenal.
Blows my mind that Taylor Swift has millions of views and this has 96k... Come on people!
+DaWeezMan Her music is money, marketing. This is music. Pure music. Composed and performed for the sole purpose of the human emotion it brings. The money is just an after thought.
On the contrary, Eric has stated he is not an atheist, though he admits he isn't a Christian. He shares in one video, coded into the Water Night CD, his somewhat transformative experience that helped inspire him to write Alleluia. He contends with what seems to him to be untenable dogma, presumably in Christianity or perhaps Catholicism. Yet, at Cambridge he is awakening to some of the wisdom he sees and feels in worship. Eric has a very full life and heart and thus probably an open mind.
This is my all time favorite concert ever recorder of Eric's music!
The soprano soloist in the choir on the end is the wonderful Grace Davidson. She has the purest vocals that I have ever heard. It's breath taking and makes my eyes water sometimes.
Definitely hands down the best recording of Her Sacred Spirit Soars to date. The final chord is fucking insane.
I love this choir, this director and composer, this performance, this everything. My choir sang "Lux Aurumque" and it still is my absolute favorite, but "When David heard" is a hair breadth behind. Sheer masterful pieces.
Extraordinary! I can now add them to my favorite vocal groups such as the Swingle Singers and the Tallis Singers. This is the best "straight on" choir I've heard in ages. These pieces can be, I am convinced, performed by any good choir thanks to Eric Whitacre. Thank You all. You have today made my life a richer thing.
Justin, it's "Her Sacred Spirit Soars", and it IS on the Water Night album. Cheers!
Music for the spirit...Thank's!
Eric Whitacre not only is so accomplished ,but actually has joy w/in fun of conducting his compositions...
This is a preview of Heaven
Mr. Whitacre, I'm a Junior at an arts school in Florida, and your music continues to inspire me in my school as well as life. I just wanted to thank you for what you do in music but choral music particularly (which is my major at my school (: ) and I just wanted to let you know how much your music has impacted my life, so again thank you.
Eric, I don't know if you're going to read this but I love your music so much! My older brother introduced it to me a few weeks ago, and now I listen to it all the time.
I find Eric Whitacre's music so elegant. It breathes through me like the wind in a cool sometimes, clear and sometimes overcast autumn day, full of soothing melancholy. Облекчаяший мелохолия . . . Мир Иной . . .
Tths group is absolute perfection beyond compare
I think if you are listening to music such as this and consider conducting style you may have missed out. I feel that Eric's music is like the great, deep waves of an ocean. Just allow yourself to be carried along on the waves and let your soul be enriched. Thanks so much for this music which touches me in my spirit, Eric.
The clashes that happen at 17:00 are just beautiful
Eric Whitacre you are a master (a sexy one but that's besides the point). I love your music. I love how it's so powerful and beautiful. I feel so at peace listening to your music. Keep it up, cause this is powerful and something that I will never forget. Singing these pieces with my high school was the best experience of my life. For those who say it's boring, you don't know music, the majesty, the power, the essence that fills his arrangements. I am completely at peace Mr. Whitacre. Thank you
from a hard Prog rock/metal man this is truly wonderful...Thanks
The EWS are the top singers from around the world (in Eric's opinion) and are brought together under specific circumstances with a commission payment. Members of the Talis Scholars, Bringham Young University, and a Chanticleer Baritone are in there as well.
Eric
Having raised three boys, the youngest of which is 22, I can only imagne the pain you feel when you perform "When David Heard". I remember an interview where you mentioned a friend who had lost a young son and how difficult it was for you to do this piece live, I see that pain on your face during this performance and hope I never have to experience that personally. This work makes me cry because of the possibility of experiencing such loss or the Beauty of the piece itself or both. David
This music is quite simply heaven on earth. There are no other words. Thank you, Mr. Whitacre...your music is life changing, in the best possible way.
17:10-17:59 FREAKING AMAZING...THE DISSONANCE IS INSANE
Now all we need is fore Eric Whitacre to perform in Miami, FL. You have a large audience here!
I love your dissonance, your 4-3 suspensions, the way you create your pieces, and how harmonious and beautiful they sound. Whenever i hear one of your pieces i can distinguish that it is yours. You have your own sound, much like all great composers in history.
The music you create hits me deeply as this is the type of music that i love to compose and aspire to.
I am a composer myself and can only hope to dream in creating such masterpieces as you have. An hour of peace and serenity, thank you.