Eric Whitacre - Lux Nova (Eric Whitacre Singers)
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2017
- Performed by the Eric Whitacre Singers, conducted by Eric Whitacre at iTunes Festival, London, 2014.
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Am I in heaven?
1:42 is my favorite part. Glad we get to sing this in my high schools choir this year
Zane Gibson Gives me chills every time!
Every time I hear this song I get goosebumps! It's just something from another world!
I'm learning this at the moment for a concert next month, it's difficult, but so lovely when we're all together.
This rendition of Lux Aurumque and Fly To Paradise is just amazing I could listen to this forever!!
You almost had me about halfway through the video. Having sung "Lux Arumque" before, I was confused as to why it was the same. When the melody switched it took my breath. Outstanding work, Eric.
NateGH36O sameeee I WAS THROWN, but into heaven,so it's okay.
Having heard Eric speak and conduct performances a few times and closely following for years, this is, essentially, an arrangement of the Wind Version of Lux Aurumque. But the duality between Lux Aurumque and Nox Aurumque seems to almost reconcile itself in this work. While the internal section that is different from Lux aurumque contains a melody from his musical Paradise lost that has provided him with material for many choral works, the chord progression below that melody is found in the section of Nox Aurumque, a piece from 2009, beginning at Angeli Renascentes(Angels reborn). I know that Lux and Nox Aurumque were designed as "sister pieces," I think Lux Nova is perhaps both pieces rolled in to one, so to speak.
Good theory :)
I just saw this performed live in CT....I don't know if I'll ever get over how beautiful it was....
My eyes could not believe my ears...
It sounds so awesome and somehow contemplative! I feel like I am in the old chapel in the light of stained glass windows.
So much beauty
it's so amazing....that's all that can be said!
just perfect Eric ! God bless your works
Doctor: “sir you have about 5 minutes to live”
Me:
This is my spirituality.
2:17
Wow. I could not love this more.
Inspire ❤
Did anyone else think of the destiny rise of iron intro while listening to this?
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from 01:20 im in heaven
It is clear to me that this work is based on "Lux Aurumque". I think is beautiful and nice, but I would like to know the connection between both compositions to understand why the composer creates two works so similars. Different lyrics? Both works are part of a cycle?
To paraphrase from Eric's website, while he was writing a winds arrangement of this piece, he decided to borrow some measures in the middle from a piece called "Bliss" that he arranged for his musical. He says that this new material greatly affected the way he felt the ending of the piece as well. So now this piece is a re-arrangement of that winds arrangement, which in itself was a re-arrangement of Lux Aurumque.
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This is just the same thing as the concert band version of lux, but it’s just as beautiful.
As beautiful as that middle part is, my ear is having a hard time reconciling the old Lux Arumque with it. It just doesn't seem to gel and flow in my mind! It just feels like two separate pieces were 'mashed' together. Maybe it is because I've listened (and love) Lux Arumque for so long. My choir does have Lux Nova in our repertoire but I don't know if we will ever get to it!
You're correct. The middle part is way to similar to Fly to Paradise (1:55) to be a coincidence :)
Ákos Szőllősi Have you read up on the background of Lux Nova? He literally pieced together fourteen measures from Fly to Paradise to make the song more climactic... personally after having sung this and convincing my choir director to have us perform this over the original, everyone cried for it and those fourteen measures are heaven.
I absolutely love this, but I gotta say that every time I watched Eric, his conducting is so confusing.
fonziekj52 confusing? You don't understand the spirit of Eric
I agree, his gesture is a little hard to follow.
I actually got the chance to perform with him last september and he explains most of what he is doing during rehearsal! It was really hard to understand at first but he explained pretty much everything 🤣
I agree Eric's gestures can look a little confusing but I have been lucky enough to be conducted by him several times and when you work with him you do get to understand his gestures so it all works in the end 😊
@@akikoko I am jealous. My dream is to be conducted by Eric Whitacre
Why do people always associate the choir to heaven? This is an earthly and human creation, it has nothing to do with heaven. No one even knows if heaven exists lol