Eric Whitacre - BBC Singers - Kings Singers

[ardcarp]

Live in Concert on Tuesday 10th June

BBC Singers at Milton Court

The charismatic American conductor Eric Whitacre has established himself as one of the most distinctive figures on the choral scene, and with an international reputation as the composer of some of the most magical choral works of the contemporary repertoire: music which moves and stirs, and speaks to his audiences in the most direct and affecting way. Curating this evening's concert, Eric Whitacre places his own music alongside works by two other much-admired choral composers, and brings guest artists The King's Singers to perform alongside the BBC Singers.

Eric Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Bob Chilcott: Even Such is Time
Eric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs
Alone
The Stolen Child

INTERVAL MUSIC includes orchestral works by Eric Whitacre

Morten Johannes Lauridsen: Madrigali: Six "Fire Songs" on Italian Renaissance Poems
Bob Chilcott: High Flight
Eric Whitacre: The City and the Sea

BBC Singers
Eric Whitacre, conductor
The King's Singers
Richard Pearce, piano
String Quartet from Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Interesting combo. Keeping an absolutely open mind (of course) I can take a modest amount of Whitacre and Lauridesen sung by either Polyphony (preferred) or EW's own singers, but.......

[Gabriel Jackson]

I can take a modest amount of Whitacre and Lauridesen sung by either Polyphony (preferred) or EW's own singers, but.......

That's keeping an open mind is it?

[ardcarp]

Good to hear from you Gabriel.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Good to hear from you Gabriel.

Well you did press the button, arcarp.

[DracoM]

Pavlov?

[jean]

Pavlov knew exactly what he was intending to do.

[Sir Velo]

I think Dracs is referring to the reaction, which was predictable TSTL.

[jean]

Obviously.

And I was referring to the fact that Pavlov (at any rate) had a very clear idea of the reaction he wanted to provoke, and set out to provoke it.

(I wouldn't want to suggest that ardcarp was doing anything similar.)

[ardcarp]

(I wouldn't want to suggest that ardcarp was doing anything similar.)

The very idea.....

[Barbirollians]

My nightmare concert on paper .

[vinteuil]

... same nightmare here

[light_calibre_baritone]

... same nightmare here

Hope you didn't listen then.

[Roehre]

Hope you didn't listen then.

I didn't or will not either, as I concur with vinteuil and barbirollians.
Two of approximately a handful of composers whose output doesn't challenge me at all or spark any curiosity, for me two conditiones sine qua non.

[ardcarp]

I'm going to listen on i-player (couldn't hear it last night) and hope to have any preconceived notions challenged. Did anyone tune in?

[Suffolkcoastal]

I didn't or will not either, as I concur with vinteuil and barbirollians.
Two of approximately a handful of composers whose output doesn't challenge me at all or spark any curiosity, for me two conditiones sine qua non.

100% in agreement