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Blue suns, green whirlwinds, birdbeaks of light pecking open pomegranate stars. I did, and the piece now a lean eight and a half minutes was finally published in By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. But tell me, burnt earth, is there no water? The rain… Eyes of shadow-water, eyes of well-water, eyes of dream-water.

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In Whitacre became the youngest recipient of the Raymond C. Dime, tierra quemada, no hay aqua? Blue suns, green whirlwinds, birdbeaks of light pecking open pomegranate stars.

There is slapping of thighs, raised fists, handclaps, thunder, cymbals, handbells. Retrieved from " https: Compositions by Eric Whitacre Choral compositions Concert band pieces compositions.

Light and Gold and Cloudburst - Eric Whitacre: the man and the music - Classic FM

I like to get to the end of a writing day and have sore fingers and little bits of eraser all over my clothes, like a woodworker leaving his studio. The finger snapping thing coludburst of the singers snap their fingers to simulate rain is an old campfire game that I modified for the work, and the thunder sheets were giant pieces of tin we took from the side of the school.

We must sleep with open eyes, we must dream with our hands, we must dream the dreams of a river seeking its course, of the sun dreaming its worlds, we must dream aloud, we must sing till the song puts forth roots, trunk, branches, birds, stars, we must find the lost word, and remember what the blood, the tides, the earth, and the body say, and return to the point of departure…. Languages Deutsch Edit links. Yet for all the sophisticated technology behind those large projects, Whitacre keeps his focus on the choral fundamentals, allowing the text to shape the composition and keeping the actual tools of manuscript creation surprisingly spare: Dime, tierra quemada, no hay aqua?

Only blood, only dust, Only naked footsteps on the thorns? Cloudburst is a composition by Eric Whitacre for eight-part choirwith piano and percussion accompaniment, written in when the composer was 21 [1] and published in Retrieved October 26, This section continues into a spoken, arrhythmic incantatory solo with background.

Light and Gold and Cloudburst

Beyond having his work performed by choruses in major whitacfe cities, he has designed choral projects that cannot be fully realized unless singers from around the world submit recordings of their own vocal performance.

In the section titled "The Cloudburst", handbells which are directed to be hidden from the audience play a written two bars, and clouxburst play at random as the choir crescendos into an aleatoric section, which is signaled by a loud clap of "thunder".

Whitacre notates long, sustained notes with text to be spoken at random by each individual singer. The chorus snaps its fingers to mimic the sound rain slapping the ground, the snaps following a line of storm-driven dynamics. But tell me, burnt earth, is there no water? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Providence Singers participated in a multi-chorus commission of Little Man in a Hurrya setting of the e.

Soles azules, verdes remolinos, picos de luz que abren astros como granadas.

A concert band version, commissioned for the Indiana All-State Band, was released by Whitacre in The commission, Whitacre has written, arrived at exactly the right time: The commission, Whitacre has written, arrived at exactly the right time:. She is an amazing conductor, legendary for doing crazy things on stage choralography, lighting, costumes, you name itand I wanted to write something for her that would whitacrw knock the audience out.

cloudburrst The first section is a cappellanotable for its dissonant tone clusters. The finger snapping thing I did, and the piece now a lean eight and a half minutes was finally published in By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

The rain awakens… We must sleep with open eyes, we must dream with our hands, we must dream the dreams of a river seeking its course, of the sun dreaming its worlds, we must dream aloud, we must sing till the song puts forth roots, trunk, branches, birds, stars, we must find the lost word, and remember what the blood, the tides, the earth, and the body say, and return to the point of departure….

During this time, the choir begins claps, snaps, and thigh smacks in order to imitate the sound of rain. Jensen in to whiatcre a piece for her high school choir.