Whitacre was a featured guest at Griffith Observatory a few years ago (on All Space Considered), where he explained his process of composition in general, his choral music, and in particular an orchestral piece he wrote for NASA. His presentation can be found on Griffith Observatory's UA-cam channel. Many in the audience were surprised to discover that new music can be ravishingly beautiful. He started as a rock composer.
The Brigham Young/Stahelli Whitacre set is the one to start with. They also recorded the post 2000 A capella choral works and were released in 2014. They’re better than Whitacre’s own recordings of these works (available on decca I believe) and to my ear better than Layton/Polyphony, but both sets are worth hearing. From the first set of the Brigham Young discs, When David Heard, Water Night, Sleep (originally supposed to be stopping by woods on a snowy evening, but thanks Frost estate for mucking up the copyright of the text), and Leonardo dreams of his flying machine (a modern take on the Italian madrigal with some imitation of Gesualdo and Monteverdi) are some of the highlights. Percussionists should start with Cloudburst. From the more recent choral works, the 5 Hebrew songs and with a Lily in her Hand are absolutely worth hearing. Whitacre is absolutely someone worth getting to know if you haven’t already!!!!!!! This PSA is brought to you by the kooky choral contingent of Dave’s fan club.
Gotta luv it when kitty makes an appearance...pretty girl.
Whitacre was a featured guest at Griffith Observatory a few years ago (on All Space Considered), where he explained his process of composition in general, his choral music, and in particular an orchestral piece he wrote for NASA. His presentation can be found on Griffith Observatory's UA-cam channel. Many in the audience were surprised to discover that new music can be ravishingly beautiful. He started as a rock composer.
The Brigham Young/Stahelli Whitacre set is the one to start with. They also recorded the post 2000 A capella choral works and were released in 2014.
They’re better than Whitacre’s own recordings of these works (available on decca I believe) and to my ear better than Layton/Polyphony, but both sets are worth hearing.
From the first set of the Brigham Young discs, When David Heard, Water Night, Sleep (originally supposed to be stopping by woods on a snowy evening, but thanks Frost estate for mucking up the copyright of the text), and Leonardo dreams of his flying machine (a modern take on the Italian madrigal with some imitation of Gesualdo and Monteverdi) are some of the highlights.
Percussionists should start with Cloudburst.
From the more recent choral works, the 5 Hebrew songs and with a Lily in her Hand are absolutely worth hearing.
Whitacre is absolutely someone worth getting to know if you haven’t already!!!!!!!
This PSA is brought to you by the kooky choral contingent of Dave’s fan club.
Greetings to you all!
Nice video, your kitty stole the show. You should reward her by letting her watch Disney's THAT DARN CAT from years gone by. C ya, Dave
Hello. I presume you and your mom are okay despite the rains? Take care up there.
Thank you. We are fine.