Eric Whitacre at the Proms Monday 31 December 2012

[DracoM]

Eric Whitacre at the Proms


Bernstein: Warm-Up
Eric Whitacre: Alleluia
Eric Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
J S Bach arr. E London: Bach Again
Eric Whitacre: Higher, Faster, Stronger (BBC commission: world Premiere)
Imogen Heap arr. Eric Whitacre: The Listening Chair (world premiere)
Hogan: Three Spirituals
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst
Eric Whitacre: Sleep


Imogen Heap (vocals)
Hila Plitmann (soprano)
ensemblebash (percussion)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
BBC Singers
Eric Whitacre Singers

Eric Whitacre (conductor)

[underthecountertenor]

Could you let me know the time of this so that I can be sure to avoid it? Thanks!

[DracoM]

7.30 p.m.

[Barbirollians]

On my limited acquaintance with his music I am afraid I have found it to be utterly vacant of content and merit .

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

On my limited acquaintance with his music I am afraid I have found it to be utterly vacant of content and merit .

My feeling, too, Barbs; it really doesn't inspire me to make any greater acquaintance.

[underthecountertenor]

My feeling, too, Barbs; it really doesn't inspire me to make any greater acquaintance.

I'm glad it's not just me. The man seems to inspire cultishness.

[orbis factor]

I'm glad it's not just me. The man seems to inspire cultishness.

Spelling!

[underthecountertenor]

I stand corrected, what?

[Suffolkcoastal]

That was a late prom, I attended the earlier one and Whiteacre passed me on his way to the RAH. Yes definitely a composer to avoid, what I've heard I would class as 10th rate mediocrity.

[DracoM]

That was a late prom, I attended the earlier one and Whiteacre passed me on his way to the RAH. Yes definitely a composer to avoid, what I've heard I would class as 10th rate mediocrity.

.................................And, I would hazard, a very wealthy man.

[BasilHarwood]

You lot need to get out more, and get off your choral high horses! I dare say you've never heard anything other than his more 'popular' works, and even then you've just rubbished him because he's a little bit different; go and listen to 'Little Christmas Tree' or his new 'Chelsea Carol' - the two are POLES apart and show a dramatic change in style, voice and technique.

The man's a well-trained composer who is doing wonders for the popularity of choral music, both in his native America, here in the UK and abroad. What's wrong with that? Who cares how much money you 'think' he has? Why should you care? Oh that's right, because he's popular and you're jealous.

[BasilHarwood]

Oh, and why does he now live in London and stock his pro-choir with the best British pro singers? Because we churn out the best choral singers; a fine nod to the past however many hundreds of years we've been at it. It's RESPECT.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/composer-eric-whitacre-on-why-british-choirs-are-best

[WmByrd]

The man's a well-trained composer who is doing wonders for the popularity of choral music, both in his native America, here in the UK and abroad. What's wrong with that? Who cares how much money you 'think' he has? Why should you care? Oh that's right, because he's popular and you're jealous.

Well-trained? No. If you spent any time looking at his scores, the mediocrity of his part-writing and his pallid reflections of text betray a composer of very small talent who has been lucky enough to use his blond surfer image to construct a cult around a couple of chords and phrases stolen from others.

Doing wonders? Ugh.

Popular? Jealous? Probably yes to both. He is, sadly. And wouldn't you be?

[AscribeUntoTheLad]

Well-trained? No. If you spent any time looking at his scores, the mediocrity of his part-writing and his pallid reflections of text betray a composer of very small talent who has been lucky enough to use his blond surfer image to construct a cult around a couple of chords and phrases stolen from others.

Doing wonders? Ugh.

Popular? Jealous? Probably yes to both. He is, sadly. And wouldn't you be?

So which are these couple of chords and phrases he's not only stolen from others but managed to construct tens of hours of output around?

[Lateralthinking1]

A vote here in favour of Whitacre.

Are Part and Gorecki still cult or now post cult?