Wednesday 29 August 10.15 p.m.
Royal Albert Hall
Bernstein: Warm-Up (2 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Alleluia (9 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (9 mins)
J. S. Bach: Bach Again (arr. E. London) (5 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Higher, Faster, Stronger (c8 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere
Imogen Heap: The Listening Chair (arr. E. Whitacre) (c5 mins) - World Premiere
Traditional: Three Spirituals (arr. M. Hogan) (9 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst (9 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Sleep (5 mins)
Imogen Heap vocals
Ensemble Bash
BBC Singers
Eric Whitacre Singers
Eric Whitacre conductor
American composer Eric Whitacre has written some of the most widely sung, ravishingly scored, and greatly talked-about choral music of the last few years - especially through the pieces performed by his online Virtual Choir. Tonight his own choral group joins forces with the BBC Singers for a feast of music mainly by Whitacre himself.
The Prom includes several of the composer's best-known pieces plus two new works, and also includes music by Leonard Bernstein together with three classic spiritual arrangements by Moses Hogan - both of them fellow countrymen. With the rich acoustics of the Albert Hall, and the thrilling sound of the 48-voice combined choirs, this will be a choral feast of a concert.
Royal Albert Hall
Bernstein: Warm-Up (2 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Alleluia (9 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (9 mins)
J. S. Bach: Bach Again (arr. E. London) (5 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Higher, Faster, Stronger (c8 mins) BBC Commission, World Premiere
Imogen Heap: The Listening Chair (arr. E. Whitacre) (c5 mins) - World Premiere
Traditional: Three Spirituals (arr. M. Hogan) (9 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst (9 mins)
Eric Whitacre: Sleep (5 mins)
Imogen Heap vocals
Ensemble Bash
BBC Singers
Eric Whitacre Singers
Eric Whitacre conductor
American composer Eric Whitacre has written some of the most widely sung, ravishingly scored, and greatly talked-about choral music of the last few years - especially through the pieces performed by his online Virtual Choir. Tonight his own choral group joins forces with the BBC Singers for a feast of music mainly by Whitacre himself.
The Prom includes several of the composer's best-known pieces plus two new works, and also includes music by Leonard Bernstein together with three classic spiritual arrangements by Moses Hogan - both of them fellow countrymen. With the rich acoustics of the Albert Hall, and the thrilling sound of the 48-voice combined choirs, this will be a choral feast of a concert.
and the response in the Hall suggested that Whitacre had not only brought his singers with him but had spent several years of royalties on importing his Whitacrowd... 
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