Re: An Eric Whitacre & BYU Singers Stunner!

Umm....I was just going to say the same thing - a LIVE performance of
"When David Heard" would've surely given me goosebumps and the moment
of a lifetime! :) I've never heard Barber's Agnus Dei being performed
live either. The only group that I've heard on CD that seemed to have
done justice with it is the Dale Warland Singers on their "Cathedral
Classics" disc (another FANTASTIC album by the way!). What group did
you hear perform Agnus Dei, Katie? Today was a memorable day for me in
that for the first time in 6 months, I actually got to sing "Water
Night" (2nd Tenor) by Eric Whitacre during rehearsal with my Choral
Group called "The Choral Project". The moment was so electrifying! :)
I can't wait for us to perform it in front of a live audience now! :)
We also did "O Magnum Mysterium" by Lauridsen which was another first
for me! Oh, for the splendid joys of Choral singing! :)

Best,
Wil.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Katie Bank) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Wow.
> 
> Tim, I am quite jealous. I guess there are definite perks to being in
> Utah, huh?
> 
> Barber's Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings) is the only climax I have ever
> heard comperable to this one by Whitacre, be it very different style.
> They invoke this similar feeling of a drawn out, pouring... absolute
> sorrow.
> 
> Sheesh, I can't imagine hearing it live. I might just die.  
> 
> Gone to buy the CD yet?
> 
> -Katie Bank