Re: An Eric Whitacre & BYU Singers Stunner!

LOVE Waternight. My college Chamber Choir did that a couple years ago
and it is still my favorite, um, doable piece (I am not about to
suggest we tackle When David Heard... I am still amazed any choir can
do justice to a 14 minute a cappella piece, and BYU does... I did the
Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia in high school, which is a 7 minute a
cappella piece, and even the Cambridge Singers' recording has of it
some interesting tuning issues in places).

Lux Aurumque is another one of Whitacre's I have sung, and it is very
doable. I highly reccommend it, especially for a group that could do
justice to the Lauridsen O Magnum (Side note: The dissonance on
"virgo" in the Lauridsen makes every boring one note alto part in this
world worth being an alto).

I heard the Barbar Agnus Dei done by the Standford Chamber Chorale,
actually... Directed by Steven Sano I believe his name is. They have
sung with the Tallis Scholars in the last year or so I believe and are
quite good. If you are in the bay area you should definitely check
them out.

Yay for choir dorkiness... I will stop now though, for a bit.

-Katie