“From modest beginnings the music unfurls to become ever more complex, rich and rewarding. Another hit from the charismatic Mr Whitacre”
Review of The Tallis Scholars 40th anniversary concert, St Paul’s Cathedral on 7th March 2013.
The Guardian
“Prom 62 saw the Proms debut of choral superman, Eric Whitacre, conducting his own Eric Whitacre Singers with the BBC Singers. The centrepiece was the world premiere of his BBC commission: Higher Faster Stronger. That’s the... continued
“It’s rare to find a choir with such needlepoint accuracy and vibrating richness of tone, and under Whitacre’s alert and sensitive direction this one made some of the most rapturously beautiful sounds I’ve heard in this year’s Proms season…His Proms commission Higher, Faster, Stronger cleverly captured the Olympic spirit”
Ivan Hewett,
The Telegraph
“The BBC Singers and the Eric Whitacre Singers came together in the late-night event focusing on the US choral specialist’s own works…his expert directorial touch displayed the immaculate craftsmanship of his choral writing”
George Hall, guardian.co.uk
“Making his Proms debut with the Eric Whitacre Singers (a dream-team of London’s freelancers) and the BBC Singers, with a little help from Ensemble Bash and soprano Hila... continued
“A smooth talker with boy-band good looks, Whitacre introduced each work to whoops of encouragement. It is always exhilarating to hear a good choir but in the end it was difficult to match the enthusiasm of some audience members: I saw grown men weep.”
Laura Battle, 14 October 2011
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“Whitacre writes choral music that is as old as time and yet as immediate as the here and now.”
Edward Seckerson
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“This concert was not only a demonstration of the powerful expressive and structural potential of tonal music, but an insight into the American choral sound, which the audience was introduced to by composers Barber, Copeland and Lauridsen.”
Kemal Yusuf
“If you’ve not heard of the American phenomenon that is Eric Whitacre, you will hear of him now. Forty years old, with the look of a rock star who surfs, he writes and conducts ecstatic choral compositions that curl around the listeners’ ears and generate a warm glow.”
Geoff Brown