I swear I could listen to this on repeat for the rest of my life. This piece has gotten me through a lot of tough times, and every time I hear it...it's just too beautiful for words. So grateful for Eric Whitacre's music.
when I die and go to heaven i wanna wake up and see the beautiful misty bronze clouds and light and gardens and the city of gold and the angels singing this as i wake up ;-; sounds so awesome
I first heard this on Pandora and literally ran up my stairs to see who/what wrote this ethereal music that sounded as if it were coming straight from heaven. Would love to hear the instrumental version of this as I didn't realize it was a transcription until I read the comments. The arrangement and the choir are fantastic; certain harmonies in this piece of music bring tears to the eyes.
Considering Eric started out not knowing a lick about music as a student this music really did come from heaven. I'm a trained musician of many years and have heard the comments of many other trained musicians of even more years and there's one awesome thing most can agree on, and that's that Eric is in an altogether different plane/universe than us mere mortals, countless light years up somewhere with Johann Sebastian Bach and other inspired geniuses so far beyond mere men that their ethereal inspirations can't begin to be fathomed by most of us poor relative dimwits, only marveled at. What he does with his gigantic multi-octave chords is too incredible to be explained, you can only hear it and tremble in awe.
That's what makes Eric an inspired genius. He is sensitive to what the music wants to be. He wrote the October theme and let it rest as music only. Then, answering to his own spiritual experience, he awakened and glorified the music into an Alleluia. There are many in worship music. I can't remember one I was moved by more than this one.
I agree with all the comments. I just discovered Eric's music. I am overcome with waves of emotion each time I listen to a track. Agree with Linda B's comment. I think the door to heaven has been left ajar and I want to be near to take in all I can.
I remember playing this in band. Kinda brings a tear to my eye since it was the last year we got to play with our band director at the time. Oh, the nostalgia.
I wish my high school chorus could do this piece so badly. My choral director left for college this year and I know it would really just bring him to tears to know we can perfect this. I know he won't see this but if there's a possibility, thank you Mr. Jackson.
Ever since I played this in marching band 5 years ago this has been one of my favorites from Eric Whitacre. It's so beautiful and he is such an amazing composer.
Whether Heaven or Hell, can you truly listen to the beauty of the of this song and tell me that, if Hell is on earth, why this gift of music can't be our peace on earth? It has such commanding qualities, and could, in fact, be the closest thing to heaven on earth. Hell is real, and so is heaven. Open your heart to the beauty of music, and the message that is within. God bless you! :-)
the first time I heard this I told friends I have heard and seen the doorway to heaven opened just enough to know how magnificent it is going to be. and eric wrote this as a commission for concert band and added the words later. Alleluia, for sure!
I actually included the Alleluia from Morten Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium" in the "Amen, Alleluia" series. Having a listen to some of the pieces that you mentioned. All very soothing. Still seeking beautiful "Amen" and "Alleluia" sections.
Our band played October in high school. It was the first piece of his I ever heard and it got me hooked on his music. I know he has taken a lot his pieces and made them for both band and choir. I didn't even know this existed. October was and will always be my favorite band piece of his. I sobbed listening to this because it was so moving. I'm a sucker for choral pieces. So seeing my favorite piece for band be turned into a choir piece made my heart skip. This is brilliance.
Just wonderful. Hey choral people, if you know of other equally well written and recorded pieces i would love your suggestions because I studied choral music at WMU and always loved it, but fell out of knowledge of what's out there. Thanks for any help frank
I'd always wondered what October would sound like transcribed for choir. It's great! But think I like the colors/texture of the wind ensemble better. I will say, though, that the key change at 7:17 sounded amazing in voice!! I love Whitacre's unique sound and willingness to move outside of the choral box and embrace technology.
unfortunately people nowadays grow up listening to trash mainstream music and dont get to develop a refined taste in music. i feel sorry for these people 😂 keep classy people!
Morten Lauridsen, Les Chansons des Roses (5 pieces in there, my favorite of which are La Rose Complete and Dirait-On), O Nata Lux, and Sure on This Shining Night; there's also a few other Alleluia's floating around. Plus, you could find something just as, if not more beautiful if you listen to anything that Whitacre's written.
If you can find John Rutter's 'A Choral Amen' you DEFINITELY want to add that. I sang it many moons ago and it is just beautiful. I have the sheet music but I have yet to find a recording of it on any Rutter CDs I've discovered in the store. I'm sure it can be found online.
I hope that, someday, I have enough clout to do a straight transcription to choir from one of my band pieces from fifteen years prior, rename it to a generic title and pass it off as a completely new work, hoping that performers in the music world will be completely oblivious to the fact that the two works are exactly the same. Holy crap, he's not even trying anymore.
No envy. Just tired of hearing him write the same exact song the same exact way for the past fifteen years. Also, how is it envy to point out that he did a straight transcription of October over to voices and then gave it a completely different name? At the most generous, I would believe that he just couldn't come up with good text for a vocal piece called October...but even then, the route he took to write the text was extremely lazy. Given his compositional track record, however, I'm 95% inclined to believe that he thought he could pass off the work as a brand-new composition.
The envy from the fact he's going well doing this, and almost no one is caring about October or another transcription or his supposed laziness. Really, man... cool down.No one cares.
@ Kevin Norton. Like Samuel Barber's 'Agnus Dei', we can all be thankful a choral arrangement was made from an orchestral one. It works far, far better and is far, far more beautiful
I swear I could listen to this on repeat for the rest of my life. This piece has gotten me through a lot of tough times, and every time I hear it...it's just too beautiful for words. So grateful for Eric Whitacre's music.
I'm so sure that Eric Whitacre's music is a little taste of heaven. My heart explodes each time I listen to his music
Eric... you will never have any idea how much listening to this helped me tonight.
when I die and go to heaven i wanna wake up and see the beautiful misty bronze clouds and light and gardens and the city of gold and the angels singing this as i wake up ;-; sounds so awesome
I want to put this on to disk. So when I pass my wife will play this. It's so beautiful.
I first heard this on Pandora and literally ran up my stairs to see who/what wrote this ethereal music that sounded as if it were coming straight from heaven. Would love to hear the instrumental version of this as I didn't realize it was a transcription until I read the comments. The arrangement and the choir are fantastic; certain harmonies in this piece of music bring tears to the eyes.
Considering Eric started out not knowing a lick about music as a student this music really did come from heaven. I'm a trained musician of many years and have heard the comments of many other trained musicians of even more years and there's one awesome thing most can agree on, and that's that Eric is in an altogether different plane/universe than us mere mortals, countless light years up somewhere with Johann Sebastian Bach and other inspired geniuses so far beyond mere men that their ethereal inspirations can't begin to be fathomed by most of us poor relative dimwits, only marveled at. What he does with his gigantic multi-octave chords is too incredible to be explained, you can only hear it and tremble in awe.
This just gets you, right here in the soul....it's simply beautiful x
That's what makes Eric an inspired genius. He is sensitive to what the music wants to be. He wrote the October theme and let it rest as music only. Then, answering to his own spiritual experience, he awakened and glorified the music into an Alleluia. There are many in worship music. I can't remember one I was moved by more than this one.
This song is absolutely stunning, and the chorus is fantastic. It is so amazing to hear this song.
I agree with all the comments. I just discovered Eric's music. I am overcome with waves of emotion each time I listen to a track. Agree with Linda B's comment. I think the door to heaven has been left ajar and I want to be near to take in all I can.
absolutely the most beautiful arrangement I've ever heard! ANGELIC!
My Choir is singing this, this semester at school. I am so excited :)
I remember playing this in band. Kinda brings a tear to my eye since it was the last year we got to play with our band director at the time. Oh, the nostalgia.
I wish my high school chorus could do this piece so badly. My choral director left for college this year and I know it would really just bring him to tears to know we can perfect this. I know he won't see this but if there's a possibility, thank you Mr. Jackson.
Brings me to tears whenever I listen to this.
Ah, I do love me some Eric Whitacre. Absolutely beautiful.
Ever since I played this in marching band 5 years ago this has been one of my favorites from Eric Whitacre. It's so beautiful and he is such an amazing composer.
Absolutely true. And even if he weren't a composer he's an amazing man, & husband and dad; God broke the mold when He created this great one.
This mucis made cry, sing, praise, pray to The Eternal One Of Israel!!!!! Angels singing at my ears, my soul... Glory to Almighty G-D!!!!!!!!!
Im Singing this and giving a concert tomorrow! (Copenhagen boy choir!)
That is such a beautiful piece.
Whether Heaven or Hell, can you truly listen to the beauty of the of this song and tell me that, if Hell is on earth, why this gift of music can't be our peace on earth? It has such commanding qualities, and could, in fact, be the closest thing to heaven on earth. Hell is real, and so is heaven. Open your heart to the beauty of music, and the message that is within. God bless you! :-)
the first time I heard this I told friends I have heard and seen the doorway to heaven opened just enough to know how magnificent it is going to be. and eric wrote this as a commission for concert band and added the words later. Alleluia, for sure!
I was blown-away...unbelievably beautiful!
Maravillosa obra, simply wonderful.... Music from heaven!
I actually included the Alleluia from Morten Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium" in the "Amen, Alleluia" series.
Having a listen to some of the pieces that you mentioned. All very soothing. Still seeking beautiful "Amen" and "Alleluia" sections.
Our band played October in high school. It was the first piece of his I ever heard and it got me hooked on his music. I know he has taken a lot his pieces and made them for both band and choir. I didn't even know this existed. October was and will always be my favorite band piece of his. I sobbed listening to this because it was so moving. I'm a sucker for choral pieces. So seeing my favorite piece for band be turned into a choir piece made my heart skip. This is brilliance.
totalmente transportable, escuchar esta pieza es transportase a algún mundo donde la imaginación, tiene otro significado
Just wonderful. Hey choral people, if you know of other equally well written and recorded pieces i would love your suggestions because I studied choral music at WMU and always loved it, but fell out of knowledge of what's out there. Thanks for any help
frank
This is a brilliant composition.
In His radiant train the saints will slip the sullen bonds of this mortal station to be carried away into the glory.
- Gavin Finley
I imagine when you enter heaven this is what it'll sound like.
I'd always wondered what October would sound like transcribed for choir. It's great! But think I like the colors/texture of the wind ensemble better. I will say, though, that the key change at 7:17 sounded amazing in voice!! I love Whitacre's unique sound and willingness to move outside of the choral box and embrace technology.
one word...breathtaking
I'm pretty sure this is what Heaven will sound like.
This music!!!! Heavens'sound!!!!!!!!!!!
God I wish my choir would do this! If this was the last song I ever sung with the choir, it would be great.
I am disgusted by the 15 people that gave thumbs down to this sublime work...
Just pity their blindness/deafness.
unfortunately people nowadays grow up listening to trash mainstream music and dont get to develop a refined taste in music. i feel sorry for these people 😂 keep classy people!
1 dislike for every cent flat they were at the end :P
It almost hurts to think someone wouldn't be moved by this, doesn't it Andres??
Thanks, I'll look those up. Love Choral Music.
Morten Lauridsen, Les Chansons des Roses (5 pieces in there, my favorite of which are La Rose Complete and Dirait-On), O Nata Lux, and Sure on This Shining Night; there's also a few other Alleluia's floating around. Plus, you could find something just as, if not more beautiful if you listen to anything that Whitacre's written.
If you can find John Rutter's 'A Choral Amen' you DEFINITELY want to add that. I sang it many moons ago and it is just beautiful. I have the sheet music but I have yet to find a recording of it on any Rutter CDs I've discovered in the store. I'm sure it can be found online.
Beatiful! love it!!
thanks..im gonna go listen to them.
Amen to that!
thanks...im picking them up little by little
Wonderful
You are so awesome. Thank you! I found it at watch?v=ci0Jb0Aerys and have, in the process, "discovered" a new group. Thank you again!
I hear Angels singing!
WHO DARE DISLIKES THIS?!?!?!?!?!
John August Pamintuan, Ama Namen (The Lord's Prayer)
Chill bumps
This is good!
That one dislike. That person is a troll.
Please be VC5!!!
Alleluia indeed
Anything from Arvo Part but specifically Da Pacem Domine, Nunc Dimmitus and Salve Regina. Morten Lauridsen and Henryk Gorecki too.
I believe that October was arranged from this
I want this to be vc5. That would be perfect
why do you think he called this music "Alleluia" ??? :D
I saw this video of that piece: youtube dot com slash watch?v=AIG_uOOe4Fg - is that an "Amen" at the end by the soloist?
This sounds just like October.
And, IMO, it's like 9001 times better.
Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium
funny I thougth exactly the same thing right now :DD
I think I like Eric Whitacre's October better :p (Instrumental version)
And doesn't Eric Whitacre look kinda like Jaime Lannister?
choir in sovngarde
D: no way xP
No, Jaime Lannister looks kinda like Eric Whitacre.
I hope that, someday, I have enough clout to do a straight transcription to choir from one of my band pieces from fifteen years prior, rename it to a generic title and pass it off as a completely new work, hoping that performers in the music world will be completely oblivious to the fact that the two works are exactly the same.
Holy crap, he's not even trying anymore.
Kevin Norton envy is a shit, huh? Cool down, bro.
No envy. Just tired of hearing him write the same exact song the same exact way for the past fifteen years.
Also, how is it envy to point out that he did a straight transcription of October over to voices and then gave it a completely different name? At the most generous, I would believe that he just couldn't come up with good text for a vocal piece called October...but even then, the route he took to write the text was extremely lazy. Given his compositional track record, however, I'm 95% inclined to believe that he thought he could pass off the work as a brand-new composition.
The envy from the fact he's going well doing this, and almost no one is caring about October or another transcription or his supposed laziness.
Really, man... cool down.No one cares.
Yeah.. Not sure who thought this was a new piece..? Get out some more...
@ Kevin Norton. Like Samuel Barber's 'Agnus Dei', we can all be thankful a choral arrangement was made from an orchestral one. It works far, far better and is far, far more beautiful
It's lovely, but too long for an a cappella choir song.