“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
“Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings” employs not just original anime sequences, but the very structure and attitudes of classic Japanimation to spin out its post-apocalyptic allegory about angel children’s struggle to... continued
“You felt a buzz of electric anticipation in the air at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night long before a single note had sounded.”
Steve Smith
“The most spectacular feature of the evening was the large chorus, though the performances by all the lead singers were equally showstopping. Particularly in numbers like “Close Your Eyes” and “The... continued
“But for everything Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings has going for it, the real celebration is the music of Eric Whitacre, surely soon to be recognized as one of the most daringly prominent contemporary classical composers of the millennium.”
Travis Holder