Eric Whitacre Choral

A simple and delicate setting of the timeless love poem by the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi, marks the first time that Eric has written for four-part a cappella chorus without divisi.

SATB double chorus. Composed in the spirit of the Renaissance works written to Elizabeth I - 'fair Oriana' - this soaring work for double chorus is in the signature Whitacre style with brilliant chora...

Set to a text by William Butler Yeats, this work was commissioned by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The King's Singers to celebrate their 25th and 40th anniversaries, respectively. The...

Translated as Night and Gold, this work is a companion work to Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) with themes, both textual and musical, taken from Lux Aurumque and the composer's music theater work Paradi...

Excerpted from Whitacre's music theater work Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings for the American choir Chanticleer, this setting for SATB and soloists is marked by delicate, ethereal sounds and purity o...

Excerpted from Whitacre's music theater work Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings for the American choir Chanticleer, this setting for SATB and soloists is marked by delicate, ethereal sounds and purity o...

A new setting of the text of the Latin Grace from Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University with a beautiful undulating soprano solo. Ideal for the concert hall or for use in a liturgical setting....

A new setting of the text of the Latin Grace from Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University with a beautiful undulating soprano solo. Ideal for the concert hall or for use in a liturgical setting....

This loving and dreamlike work, now available in multiple voicings including SA, TB & SAB, captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipli...

This loving and dreamlike work, now available in multiple voicings including SA, TB & SAB, captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipli...

The Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir #6 had more than 17,000 singers. As a response to COVID-19 and the isolation and division the pandemic was creating, Eric wrote the words and music with the hope that '...

Now available for men's voices, this loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: Oh! Hush thee, my baby,...

Now available for men's voices, this loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: Oh! Hush thee, my baby,...

This tender setting creates an image of the ebb and flow of the sea through pulsating parallel cluster chords in the piano and long legato vocal phrases. Duration: ca. 2:45.

This tender setting creates an image of the ebb and flow of the sea through pulsating parallel cluster chords in the piano and long legato vocal phrases. Duration: ca. 2:45.

Full of colorful contrasts, this final movement from The City and the Sea dances with fun and humor! The rhythmic wordplay and deconstructed syllables of the E.E. Cummings poem hurtle ever faster to t...

La chorale virtuelle n° 6 d'Eric Whitacre comptait plus de 17 000 chanteurs. En réponse à COVID-19 et à l'isolement et la division que la pandémie créait, Eric a écrit les paroles et la musique dans l...

A wild ride from the composer of October and Ghost Train! Equus is the Latin word for horse, and this moto perpetuo perfectly captures the fury and majesty of this magnificent animial. Commissioned by...

Assembling five songs previously published separately and all with texts by E. E. Cummings, this set is a real bargain. Originating as a Chorus America commissioning project, the sum is greater than i...

Assembling five songs previously published separately and all with texts by E. E. Cummings, this set is a real bargain. Originating as a Chorus America commissioning project, the sum is greater than i...

La chorale virtuelle n° 6 d'Eric Whitacre comptait plus de 17 000 chanteurs. En réponse à COVID-19 et à l'isolement et la division que la pandémie créait, Eric a écrit les paroles et la musique dans l...

This loving and dreamlike work, now available in multiple voicings including SA, TB & SAB, captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipli...

The composer writes: Seeing the Hubble Deep Space Field for the first time is an experience much like listening to a powerful piece of music - it elicits feelings of wonder and awe that can be difficu...

Eric Whitacre's famous work for concert band, now with optional vocal parts! An original work best described in the composer's own words as being really out there. The writing reflects a keen interest...