Listen "Eric Whitacre and The Sacred Veil"
Episode Synopsis
Sam chats to composer Eric Whitacre about their experience recording The Sacred Veil together with VOCES8. The 12-movement work is a collaboration between Whitacre and poet-lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri, and comprises texts by Silvestri, Whitacre and Silvestri’s late wife Julie. Its intimate score ‘tells a story of courtship, love, loss and the search for solace’.Find out more about the piece here: https://ericwhitacre.com/music-catalog/the-sacred-veil …Featured Clips:Mov. 1: The Veil OpensMov. 11: You Rise, I FallMov. 4: Magnetic PoetryMov. 12: Child of Wonder… Buy us a coffee innit: https://ko-fi.com/classicalpod … Follow us here: instagram.com/classicalpod/ twitter.com/ClassicalPod facebook.com/ClassicalPod/
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