A Boy and a Girl is a tender, delicate poem put to music by Eric Whitacre. It was commissioned by the 2002 California All-State Chorus.
DetailsPublisher: Shadow Water MusicPublication Date: 12/2004Credits: Eric Whitacre/Octavio PazPages: 8Length:...
Here are three whimsical settings of Ogden Nash poems that are perfect for a lighter portion of your program or as an encore. They are easily-learned and fun to perform! Includes: 1) The Panther; 2) The Cow; 3) The Firefly.
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Here are three whimsical settings of Ogden Nash poems that are perfect for a lighter portion of your program or as an encore. They are easily-learned and fun to perform! Includes: The Canary, The Eel, The Kangaroo.
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This tender setting creates an image of the ebb and flow of the sea through pulsating parallel cluster chords in the piano and long legato vocal phrases. Duration: ca. 2:45.
DetailsPublisher: Shadow Water MusicPublication Date: 05/2011Credits: e.e....
Composed in the spirit of the Renaissance works written to Elizabeth I – “fair Oriana” – this soaring work for double chorus is in the signature Whitacre style with brilliant choral textures unfolding into a majestic final...
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 an urban street scene. Duration: ca....
Eric Whitacre's popular CD featuring 16 tracks: Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) • Five Hebrew Love Songs • The Seal Lullaby • A Boy and a Girl • Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine • Three Songs of Faith • The Stolen...
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 the final sudden “stop” for an...
With the characteristic clusters broken into arpeggios for this movement, this playful work features delightful wordplay and simple fun! Duration: ca. 1:40.
DetailsPublisher: Shadow Water MusicPublication Date: 05/2011Credits: e.e. cummings/Eric...
Translated as “Night and Gold,” this work is a companion work to Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) with themes, both textual and musical, taken from Lux Aurumque and the composer's music theater work Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings. In...
Excerpted from Whitacre's music theater work Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings for the American choir Chanticleer, this setting for SATB and soloists is marked by delicate, ethereal sounds and purity of tone.
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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 meditative musical atmosphere. Duration: ca....
This loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: “Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us, And black are the waters that sparkled so green....
This loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: “Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us, And black are the waters that sparkled so green....
Now available for men's voices, this loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: “Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us, And black are the...
