Full of colorful contrasts, this final movement from The City and the Sea dances with fun and humor! The rhythmic wordplay and deconstructed syllables of the E.E. Cummings poem hurtle ever faster to t...
A new setting of the text of the Latin Grace from Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University with a beautiful undulating soprano solo. Ideal for the concert hall or for use in a liturgical setting....
Written for unnacompanied SATB choir. Commissioned by Azusa Pacific University for The APU Chamber Singers, Michelle Jensen, conductor.
The Stolen Child was a joint commission by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The King's Singers to celebrate their 25th and 40th anniversaries, respectively. They asked me to write a piece...
Written early in Whitacre's career whilst at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Arranged for SATB choir, includes a Piano line for rehearsal purposes. I Hide Myself Just a simple song, really. Al...
For SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. Commissioned by Distinguished Concept Artists International New York as part of the DCINY Premiere Project. By Eric Whitacre with text from E. E. Cummings.
White key clusters in the piano create the rhythmic framework for the playful vocals sung in unison declamation or that ricochet one part to another in this E. E. Cummings setting vividly portraying a...
This languorous setting of the E. E. Cummings text features a chaconne-like left hand pattern in the piano along with right hand cluster chords and legato vocal phrases in octaves to create a meditati...
Eric Whitacre has become a musical sensation across the globe. His new, chart-topping CD release Water Night comes hot on the heels of his Grammy award-winning album Light & Gold. This inspiring colle...
