Episode #2597
Eric Whitacre's Cloudburst
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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Composer Eric Whitacre
For this edition of New Sounds, the young American composer Eric Whitacre joins host John Schaefer to present music from his latest record, “Cloudburst.” His recorded music output, so far is mostly dazzling unaccompanied vocal writing, where Whitacre’s original compositional voice is immediately obvious, in that he’s assimilated everything from prog rock to Mozart and Copland. He’s going for a heart-melting mix of expressively beautiful sound, where lush and shimmering moments give way to elegant and satisfying dramatic conclusions. His work-in-progress opera electronica, “Paradise Lost,” is a “cutting edge musical combining trance, ambient and techno electronica with choral, cinematic, and operatic traditions” and will run at The Theatre at Boston Court in California in July 2007.
*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
PROGRAM # 2597, with Eric Whitacre (First aired on Tues. 10/24/06)
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Eric Whitacre |
Cloudburst |
Go, Lovely Rose [4:00] |
Hyperion #67543 www.hyperion-records.co.uk |
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Arvo Part |
Da Pacem |
Da Pacem Domine [6:00] |
Harmonia Mundi 907401 ** www.harmoniamundi.com* |
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