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Lux Aurumque is a short choral work by American composer Eric Whitacre, written in 2000 for unaccompanied mixed choir. It sets a Latin translation by Charles Anthony Silvestri of an English poem by Edward Esch, using sustained chords, close harmonic spacing, and carefully controlled dissonance to ev...
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Whitacre breakthrough staple, widely performed and recorded, admired for shimmer, sometimes criticized as overexposed.
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Sleep is an unaccompanied choral work by American composer Eric Whitacre, completed around 2000 and set to a text by poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. Its slow harmonic movement, sustained clusters, and carefully controlled dissonances create a quiet musical treatment of rest, night, and release. Writ...
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Major Whitacre favorite, strong choral community reputation, lush idiom polarizes some critics.
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Water Night is an a cappella choral composition by American composer Eric Whitacre, written in the mid-1990s. It sets an English translation of a poem by Mexican writer and Nobel laureate Octavio Paz, using closely spaced harmonies, sustained sonorities, and shifting vocal textures for mixed choir....
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Important early Whitacre work, admired for atmosphere and harmonic language, somewhat niche outside choirs.
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Cloudburst is a choral composition by American composer Eric Whitacre, based on a Spanish-language poem by Octavio Paz. Written for mixed choir with piano and percussion, it includes spoken and sung passages as well as body percussion used to imitate the gathering sound of rain and a thunderstorm. T...
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Popular theatrical Whitacre piece, effective sound effects, admired by choirs though somewhat gimmicky.
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Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine is an unaccompanied choral work by American composer Eric Whitacre, composed in 2001. It sets a text by Charles Anthony Silvestri that imagines Leonardo da Vinci's thoughts, dreams, and frustrations as he pursues the possibility of human flight. Written for mixe...
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Distinctive Whitacre narrative work, respected for craft, less universally loved than shorter motets.
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"Alleluia" is a contemporary a cappella choral composition written by American composer Eric Whitacre in 2011. The piece was originally commissioned for the Louisiana State University A Cappella Choir and is characterized by its slow, meditative tempo and dense, tone-cluster harmonies. Whitacre uses...
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Well-liked Whitacre meditation, characteristic sonority, less iconic than Lux Aurumque or Sleep.
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"A Boy and a Girl" is a celebrated contemporary choral composition by American composer Eric Whitacre. The piece is an unaccompanied, four-part setting of a delicate and surreal poem by Mexican Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. It serves as a quintessential example of Whitacre's signature style, utilizing...
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Attractive Whitacre miniature, polished but less significant in his catalog.
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