Glow - Eric Whitacre
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Glow” was written for the World of Color Honor Choir as part of the World of Color - Winter Dreams show which premiered at Disney California Adventure® Park, Disneyland® Resort, Anaheim, California in 2013.
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Lyrics:
Softly falls the winter snow,
whispers to the sleeping world below:
“Wintertide awakes,”
morning breaks and sets the earth aglow.
In gentle tones of warmest white,
Proclaim the glory of Auroroa’s light.
Sparrow wings in a clear clean voice,
a sweet, silver carol for the season born.
Radiant wings as the skies rejoice,
Arise and illuminate the morn.
Softly falls the winter snow,
whispers to the sleeping world below:
“Glow, like the softly falling snow.”
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My choir sang this piece in dedication to a student we lost my freshman year to suicide. She always was such a bright light in everyone's life, and now she can shine bright for all eternity. Rest in Peace, Sydney. Return home and feel no more pain.
Aww! A story just as beautiful as the notes of this song!
That’s really sweet and sad
This is fucking sad :( rip
Omg, so sorry, great story though
"Return home and feel pain no more." This seems to be honoring her choice to kill herself. This doesn't seem right to me. Suicide, 99% of the time, is a grave mistake. Romanticizing the end result of suicide is going to encourage acceptance of it. I am sure this song doesn't capture the terrible darkness the family had to endure because of her choice.
That opening chord at 0:03 could solve world peace
Amen.
why would you want to solve world peace lol
@@kunomendes5681 omg lol
LMFAOOOO FACT
@@kunomendes5681 im-
Man I'm going to embarrass myself up in this library crying like this.
Hey, I would just think you are a kindred spirit!
I've always wanted to sing an Eric Whitacre piece in choir, and I'm finally doing so in my senior year of high school! And I'm so glad it's this piece because it's so beautiful! Anybody else here singing alto?
me! but the soprano part is beautiful :( my school is doing 8th-12th graders (my school is a middle/high school and im in 8th haha) since they dont think 6th-7th can handle it. In my opinion the soprano part isnt that high but my teacher made all 8th graders sing alto and let high school students sing soprano ;-;
Kassandra F. yeah the soprano part isn't very high and it's so pretty! I would have loved to sing it, but I also like the alto part.
Jamie Carissa true the alto part is still very beautiful i just hope they can hear the alto part! haha
Kassandra F. yeah me too. our altos have pretty strong voices so I'm pretty sure people will hear us. Good luck with your choir!
Jamie Carissa thank you! you too!
Once again, Eric has opened the door to heaven for just a peek inside and couple minutes of peaceful contemplation. To go here is serenity in the flesh.
Reading this comment literally made me cry. I have never heard it described this way... thank you.
singing this in a winter concert, I’ll be singing alto
Same but baritone
I hope it was magical, I was lucky enough to do the tenor line :)
Hey same! any suggestions? I'm only at highschool level and am new to choral music
Same!
Im doint it as a tenor in about an hour
I was honored to sing in the virtual choir that performed this song. However, I think this may be the track we used to learn it, performed by the Eric Whitacre singers.
I performed this song for my high school chorus. I practiced with the virtual choir version and it is amazing! You did a spectacular job along with everyone else!
Coming back to this a year later and I'm still so proud to be apart of this song.
It's beautiful!!!
I live in a place where snow never comes, so I listen to this when I'm sad and I want to snow. I love this piece for giving me that clarity.
If you're looking for something truly beautiful, this is it.
when i first saw this at World of Color at disneyland…. i honestly DIED…. this was beautiful
How did I not hear this before? And I call myself a Whitacre fan
Same! I'm just discovering this 😳
This song about had me breaking down after the first 15 seconds. Just a simple yet amazingly deep chord progression. It's simply amazing how this does not sound in any way, like multiple tracks brought together for a single piece. Eric has this talent to not only arrange (IMO) some of the most beautiful music of our time, but the ability to quite simply bring out the absolute best in a person to allow them to contribute to something that is bigger than them as an individual. In 100, 200+ years, his music will be studied as is Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Mozart, etc... As far as him selling this on iTunes, if I remember correctly, there are a number of copyright issues due to the fact he would need to acquire permission from all singers (and there's some int'l issues as well).
oh i 100% believe he's gonna be in the history books. not a chance he won't. they already refer to certain chords as "whitacre chords" for that lush and straining feel -- and there's plenty of people who call his work pretentious, much like the greats of old. it's like a rite of passage almost. i love his work so much though. i've sung a number of his songs in choir back in high school and never once stopped remembering them at least once a month. just pure sonic and human art. a really compassionate man, too. the seal lullaby and when david heard are my favorites.
I'm addicted to this song. It brings me pure joy. It makes me feel so many different feelings at the same time, but still it's all pure joy. Beautiful..
Eric Whitacre is one of few that can put me in tears with beautifully written pieces like this...
I am so happy I found this beauty. Eric Whitacre never ceases to amaze me.
simple and beautiful. disney knew what they were doing commissioning him!
Man. I haven't had a song bring me to tears in a very long time. What a beautiful piece!
Oh Eric you've done it again :)
we singing this beautiful song in Concert Choir at school. I sing 1st soprano. 11th grade year yay😃😃😇😇
We're also singing this song in December in Pasadena highschool! 2018 im a tenor 2
i’m singing this! i’m soprano 1 and were in 7th grade!
@@jadenreyna8898 ey we are doing this song at Christmas Concert at Covent High School. I'm a Tenor 1 lel
Jaden Reyna Hey I’m a tenor 2 as well and we’re doing this song for concert choir!
Alto part 8th grade choir. I can sing soprano though. Got a huge range. Good luck to you all.
We're singing this piece at our Winter concert. We have been practicing it in Choir for a couple of weeks and I feel totally ready.
FINALLY. This song literally made me cry when I first heard it. Thanks a ton!
same, it chokes me up every time lol
Trey J. Anderson™ I sob uncontrollably every single time I listen to this piece. Every. Single. Time.
Amazing.
♥️ one of my favorites I will never forget this piece.
My high school very recently preformed this piece as our first public performance in almost three years because of the Corona Virus to show everyone that we can still Glow and see the light even through our darkest times. I have heard many years of my High School's performances and this was by far the most coordinated piece was have ever completed and it sounded absolutely amazing, there where tears in the audience and even watching it back sounded stunning.
honestly one of the most beautiful pieces i have ever sang. wow.
My choir is singing this for our winter choir, December 2nd and I’m a tenor for it. Head voice for the win!
This sure reminds me of Morten Lauridsen's "Sure on this shining night".
Our District Chorale sang this number for our winter concert. Chorale is basically a choir with more advanced repertoire. We're separated from Part 1-Part 3. I'm in 8th grade, so we're not assigned by their actual names. I sang part two for this piece, basically the mezzo sopranos. This was a lovely song to sing for my final winter concert with the middle school. We're singing another Eric Witacre for the spring concert, fortunately. His songs are amazing, for a fact. 💗
Singing the soprano 1 part in choir couldn’t be more excited to do a whitacre piece
I was in band in high school and had always loved pieces by Eric Whitaker. I joined choir in college and we sang this piece, and it had to have been my favorite piece we sang this year thus far. Whitaker is an amazing composer. This song is so beautiful.
This song got me in my feelings since I miss choir terribly. Jesus
Again Eric Whitacre has made me cry, with the absolute beauty of his composition
Truly and utterly beautiful. It hits you right in your soul. It transcends to such a deep place and this is one of my most favorite songs ever by Whitacre. Eric, you’ve done it again. First Sleep and now Glow. The serenity and calming nature of the piece perfectly captures the true feeling of Christmas. It makes me feel nostalgic (even though I’m 17) and it does make me feel sad. If I could describe this in two words, they would be “timeless masterpiece”
Thank you for this comment. I really loved reading this.
to be 17 and nostalgic is a state of existence
My Concert Choir at school sang this piece this past winter. This composition is perfect!
Beautiful beyond words. Send shivers down my spine, recalling all beautiful memories I've ever had in the past, in my childhood, during Christmas and other holiday seasons. so happy will be listening this song bcs my student choir will be singing it this Christmas.
This song is so beautiful, it should be the main plot point of a Christmas movie.
The bass section is amazing!
These chords do something to my heart and make me ball my eyes out 😭😭😭😭😭💕💕
I'm started singing this song today in choir class & it almost made me cry because it made me think of someone that was close to me who passed recently... I miss her, but may she rest in peace... ✌️🙏❤️
My choir is currently working on this song and it’s so pretty!!! I have so much fun but it’s also a challenge because it’s a 7th and 8th grade choir😅
Just heard this song for the first time last night at a christmas concert. It was beautiful!
My school choir is going to sing this and I haven't stopped listening to it wow.
I will be singing this in my middle school honor choir, wish me good luck
singing this for chorus this year
I sang sleep a couple years ago :) another one of my favorites
Morgan Elizabeth just got the music for this today! mostly i'm here because i can't sight read to save my life so i need to know how it's supposed to sound lol. his music is so good for choir!
damn, i am too, seems like everyone is doing this song, not to my surprise. this is a lovely piece and great for the winter months!
Morgan Elizabeth same!
sameeee im so excited its a beautiful peace
I wish I could compose like him, he’s a true composer, one of the only ones who hasn’t fallen into the trend of modern music.
Beautiful
This songs evokes something out of me, I can't explain it. I keep imagining myself standing on a balcony with my future husband as we watch our children play in the falling snow below us, the streetlamps shining on the ground and trees.
Sang this in a winter concert in high school, such a beautiful piece, it makes me emotional every time I listen to it 💕💕
Playin in the string quartet for this piece was beautiful. The choir did a truly amazing job!
If only more people in the world would embrace and experience this type of pure beauty, we would be such a better world. Thank you Eric.
Btw, how does this song only have 200k views?!
I was looking for some web stuff... but then I found this and remembered I sang this in my third year of high school. I don’t miss high school, but I really miss high school choir.
I'm singing this song in my choir class
Never gonna forget singing this in HS concert choir.
Shit makes me cry every time. So beautiful.
This song is epic! Thank you choir!
We sang this song two years ago, and it was the last song our choir director conducted before he passed away. I always think of him when I hear this.
IMHO Eric Whitacre is a god that we don’t deserve. I love this song so much
Just so you know, you're my favorite composer that's alive.
This song is so good. Angelic, and was perfectly executed in Disney's World of Color
I've had the most amazing opportunity to sing this my freshman year in high school. I am now a junior in high school and we are doing it for an honors choir some directors put together. This song is just absolutely amazing and it makes me so happy to hear this piece every day.
My theme music for the Blizzard of 2016 here in Washington, DC!
This song reminds me of gold. I love Whitacre!!! Pure genius!!
My choir sang this it’s my favorite piece by far
So amazing song ever thank you my friend exquisite
Hi I love this song
Sang this for concert choir, beautiful piece
My God....just beautiful
I sung this song this year for my choir concert (alto) i love it. The first chords are heaven❤️❤️❤️
singing this for our christmas choir😭💜😍
Gorgeous! BEYOND gorgeous! Thank you for this, Eric. Your beautiful music is such a blessing.
I sing double bass in a community chorus. I want our director to add this to our 2024 winter concert. It is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in my 60 years of singing.
I'm ashamed I haven't hit the like button in 2 years.
The Way of Tomorrow You’re due for another one
This is my marching band ballad this year
So amazing that it made my Chorus teacher cry!
The picture taken for this is in Alberta, Canada, near my home. The peace you feel from this song is what you feel when you're there.
Gorgeous!
my choir won provincials with this gorgeous piece.
My high school choir sang this my sophomore year in December of 2019 for a concert we have every year with the band, orchestra, and choir, as well as some of the other arts. Unfortunately when our whole entire choir sang this piece, it went horribly even though we had a phenomenal choir. It was so disappointing because this is one of my favorite chorale pieces and it's so beautiful!
I sang tenor for this at a Christmas concert in 2018. Wonderful piece.
My teacher and conductor, Stephanie Galloway, personally knows Whitacre so that's cool.
I sang this song last winter with my school choir and I wanted to fall asleep at the serenity of the song and the students around me sounded like a college choir not a middle school choir.
My chorus is singing this this year! :D
Jessica Stutman do you go to oxford high school in mass
Jessica Stutman
same! :D
Im singing this song in my first major concert called Night of Silence... super excited for every piece we will sing that night but I think this is the song Im most excited to sing because it is absolutely beautiful and has nearly put me in tears every time I listen to it.
This song brings me back to my senior year of high school. December, 2018. I had an amazing solo in that concert singing “Last Christmas” by Wham! right after the 2018 OHS Chamber Singers got done singing this. I was a tenor at the time. I had an amazing girlfriend sitting right in the front row, she was my first serious girlfriend. I was a diver and was having an awesome Winter season. I had a best friend in the choir standing right next to me, singing the lovely words telling a story of the winter snow that falls to the Earth bellow. Everything was perfect. I was 19 at the time. I am now 22. That girl friend I had is now living in Nebraska and far away from me, we broke up a month after Christmas that year. My season ended and I have not dived since. My best friend at the time and I had a fight and we grew apart shortly after this concert and my senior year is far behind me as I graduated later that year, but this song is about change and a season, a season that changes. And so does life, this song reminds of a time that will never return, but a time I treasure so dearly. My senior year of high school, a truly special moment for me. ❤️
MASTERPIECE!
My choir is singing this for our winter concert and I don't understand how everyone is so calm about it
butiful, so grounding. This song connects me to the earth in a way that is so rare for the music of this world. Well done, well done. Simple purity, often lacking in this kind of music. I love this.
I sang this at my choir concert a few weeks ago
Beautiful rendition!
This is a really beautiful piece of Music. We are learning this piece in Intermediate Choir right now for our Winter Concert.
Perfection.
I sang this 2 years ago in 8th grade and in has stayed with me since. One of my favorites
If you like Whitacre, try Ola Gjeilo. Not the same exact style, but Ola does extremely well with tight, complex harmonies. I got to know him a little last year when he came to work with my group on Sunrise Mass. He and his (very) lovely girlfriend are really down to earth and friendly and when he asked us to correct certain things, he couldn't have been nicer. Great guy.
matts156 the sunrise mass is incredible! I’m conducting it next year and cannot wait.
I miss singing this at my winter concert this one was my favorite ❤️
awesome picture!!
1:45 my heart melts ✨🖤
And 1:55✨🖤💜
And 1:58 lol 🤣
This was our Ballad for marching band last year, it was a beautiful piece…
Yes!!
Why is this not on iTunes? It's so beautiful😍😭
Melissa Koch it is
I can now die
*In my school we sing this song on my winter concert even though it's over but we sing it in Miami senior High school*