Tag: Eric Whitacre
The New Canon
Chorally Fixated on Arvo Pärt and Eric Whitacre
Monday, April 30, 2012
This week, the New Canon gets vocal with new choral works by Eric Whitacre and Bob Chilcott, plus a stunning menagerie of pieces by Arvo Pärt via our Album of the Week.
Operavore
Is Talk Cheap?
Thursday, March 01, 2012
With this year's TED Conference underway, blogger Olivia Giovetti looks at opera's presence in the wildly popular TEDTalks and wonders what records these lectures can and/or should leave for the future.
Top 5 @ 105
Eric Whitacre's Top Five for Inspiration
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Eric Whitacre, creator of the world's biggest virtual choirs, which have received more than a million hits on YouTube, shares his top five works to have inspired him over the years.
Album of the Week
Eric Whitacre's 'Light and Gold'
Sunday, April 10, 2011
The choral composer who captured worldwide attention last week with his second "virtual choir" releases "Light and Gold," a collection of his best-known material. It's our Album of the Week.
WQXR Features
Eric Whitacre and Paradise Lost
Friday, June 11, 2010
On Tuesday, June 15 at Carnegie Hall, Distinguished Concerts International New York presents the New York premiere of Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, composed and conducted by Eric Whitacre.
WQXR Blog
Computer Chorus
Friday, June 04, 2010
Computers both isolate and connect us. Here's a strange, spooky, but pretty-sounding example of this contemporary condition.
