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Eric Whitacre

Light & Gold

Decca Classics

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1 Lux Aurumque  
2 Five Hebrew Love Songs: Temuna (A Picture)  
3 Five Hebrew Love Songs: Kala Kalla (Light Bride)  
4 Five Hebrew Love Songs: Larov (Mostly)  
5 Five Hebrew Love Songs: Eyze Sheleg! (What Snow!)  
6 Five Hebrew Love Songs: Rakut (Tenderness)  
7 The Seal Lullaby  
8 A Boy And A Girl  
9 Leonardo Dreams Of His Flying Machine  
10 Three Songs Of Faith: I Will Wade Out  
11 Three Songs Of Faith: Hope Faith Life Love  
12 Three Songs Of Faith: I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day  
13 The Stolen Child  
14 Water Night  
15 Nox Aurumque  
16 Sleep  
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Eric has released two albums on Decca.  Light & Gold includes Eric's most arresting works for choir and is the first album to feature Eric as both conductor and composer.  Within a week of release, it became the no.1 Classical Album in the US and UK charts and went on to win a Grammy® in 2012 for Best Choral Performance. 

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SYND: Classical 24, CBC
Direct: SiriusXM, MOOD
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Austin, IA(Statewide), Canada
Online: AccuRadio

  • WIN TICKETS from CPR Classical to Eric Whitacre with Kantorei at the Newman Center
    Posted At: September 21, 2022 12:00 AM
    CPR Classical's Karla Walker writes…..CPR Classical presents Eric Whitacre at the Newman Center with Kantorei and the Lamont Symphony Orchestra Strings on Saturday, October 8th at 7:30 p.m. Enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the premiere of the newly orchestrated arrangement of Whitacre's "The Sacred Veil," commissioned by Denver's own Kantorei.“The Sacred Veil” is a 12-movement work and the ...
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  • Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri join forces on 'The Sacred Veil' / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: August 20, 2020 12:00 AM

    "I started playing piano when I was four or five, I think. So I started improvising and then eventually sort of composing at some point. And, and that's so the piano has always been my personal way of expressing myself as a musician." "We've talked about this a couple of times, so we can't remember never being best friends. I don't remember even our first meeting. I just remember ther...
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  • 10 ways the 2010s changed classical music forever / CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: December 29, 2019 12:00 AM

    In a decade of change in music, we've selected 10 moments that reflect the altering course of classical music history. The early 2010s were very much about virtual everything, as the arts world started to discover a whole host of new connections and collaborations that could take place online. The decade began with a project from composer and conductor Eric Whitacre who created a user-generated c...
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  • Eric Whitacre returns to Carnegie Hall for DCINY concert series / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: April 9, 2019 12:00 AM

    Known for his virtual choir YouTube videos and as one of today's most established choral composers, Eric Whitacre returns to Carnegie Hall as part of Distinguished Concert International New York's (DCINY) concert series. Featuring Kelly Yu-Chien Lin on piano, Whitacre conducts the Distinguished Concert Singers in a variety of his most celebrated compositions. The concert will take place Sunday, A...
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  • Eric Whitacre will host the Los Angeles Master Chorale's 'Big Sing California' at Walt Disney Hall / Los Angeles Times
    Posted At: July 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060; min-height: 14.0px} In addition to its infamous swimming pools and movies stars, Los Angeles is also home to a host of angelic voices. As the country's leading professional chorus and a founding resident company of The Music Center...
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  • Eric Whitacre signs publishing deal with Boosey & Hawkes / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: April 9, 2018 12:00 AM

    The Grammy® Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has signed a new long-term publishing agreement with Boosey & Hawkes covering future compositions and a collection of works for chorus, orchestra and wind ensemble. Whitacre is one of the most popular musicians of his generation. His concert music has been commissioned by today's most prominent ensembles - including the BBC Proms,...
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  • Tulsa Symphony devotes entire concert to Eric Whitacre / Tulsa World
    Posted At: January 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    For composer Eric Whitacre, the visual is often as important as the audible. It informs his process of composition, which tends to start with Whitacre literally sketching the architecture of a given piece. And it greatly informs the finished product, six examples of which made up the program of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra's concert Saturday at the Tulsa PAC. Tulsa orchestras have presented music by ...
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  • Sarasota Orchestra, set for 'Musical Landscapes' featuring Eric Whitacre's 'The River Cam' / Sarasota Herald-Tribune
    Posted At: August 20, 2017 12:00 AM

    The Sarasota Orchestra launches a new Discoveries series of shorter and more conversational programs with lower ticket prices. Three different conductors, two of them new to Sarasota audiences, helped put together each of the three concerts from the Sarasota Opera House highlighting both contemporary composers and soloists from the Sarasota Orchestra. Stefan Sanders, who conducted a Sarasota Orchestr...
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