Biography
Within two years of its formation, the Eric Whitacre Singers won a Grammy for Best Choral Performance (2012), hit no.1 in the classical album charts in the US and the UK, performed on national TV in the UK (Classical Brits), recorded at Abbey Road studios and received unanimous 5 star reviews for the album Light & Gold on Decca. This professional choir draws in audiences of all age ranges, performing Monteverdi and Bach to Whitacre, Lauridsen and Britten. The second album for Decca/Universal, Water Night, will be released in Spring 2012. Future performances include venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall in London, and Lincoln Center in New York.
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Cadogan Hall, 1 February 2012
Eric Whitacre Singers’ next London concert will be at Cadogan Hall, 1st February 2012. They will be performing a programme of Inspirations, which will feature works from American composers who have both influenced and inspired Eric Whitacre’s compositions.
The programme includes Whitacre’s very first piece, Go, Lovely Rose, and one of his recent works Alleluia. The pieces on this programme represent the integration of music written by American composers who have set texts from a different culture, including Lauridsen’s infamous Six Fire Songs which are an intensely dramatic cycle, rich with symbolic imagery of flames, fire and passion.
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- Nov 01, 2011 at 1:25 pmVirtual Choir
- Oct 10, 2011 at 12:38 pm2nd album release on Decca
- Sep 29, 2011 at 6:33 pmRecording at Abbey Road
- May 12, 2011 at 10:44 amLive at the Classic Brit Awards
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