Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 3, 'Water Night'

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  • Опубликовано: 1 апр 2012
  • Water Night on iTunes.
    US: apple.co/2HF6130
    UK: apple.co/2vCiZcW
    Germany: apple.co/2vGxxsh
    To be among the first to receive updates on the Virtual Choir, subscribe to the mailing list: ericwhitacre.com/mailing-list
    'Water Night' for Strings can be heard on Eric's latest album on Decca, 'Water Night'
    iTunes US (deluxe): apple.co/2HF6130
    Amazon US: amzn.to/xEL0oL
    iTunes UK (deluxe): apple.co/2vCiZcW
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/yT3oHw
    iTunes Germany (deluxe): apple.co/2vGxxsh
    Amazon Germany: amzn.to/xV6APo
    'Water Night' for Choir can be heard on Eric's GRAMMY award winning album, 'Light & Gold':
    iTunes UK: bit.ly/hceBU9
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/HyBSZd
    iTunes US: bit.ly/H3etAX
    Amazon US: amzn.to/H3ACn5
    iTunes Germany: bit.ly/Hs2r72
    Amazon Germany: amzn.to/Hs2JLf
    Official site: ericwhitacre.com
    Facebook: on. l35yqZ
    Twitter: bit.ly/lKJ4VD
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Комментарии • 1,8 тыс.

  • @CGcounselor
    @CGcounselor 4 года назад +7

    If the whole world could sing I think the vibration would change the earth!

  • @welovethebeach9
    @welovethebeach9 8 лет назад +737

    this is what I expect heaven to sound like.

  • @EmSonntag
    @EmSonntag 8 лет назад +6

    Performed this with a choir of approximately two hundred people a year ago. It's a powerful piece that made me tear up on stage, and piece that still gives me major chills every time I hear it.

  • @IchibanCourtesan
    @IchibanCourtesan 4 года назад +403

    In these trying times in 2020, I go back to these Virtual Choirs to remind myself, and anyone reading this, that we can connect across the globe. We can do better, y'all. We can be united in moments like these in ways that would've blown the minds of our ancestors.

    • @studioliefde
      @studioliefde 4 года назад +5

      I was just in a very nice meeting with souls I've never met, with the founder of a great great NGO and he actually mentioned that now is the time to make a song for the world to heal. And I sent him the TedX video of Eric for inspiration. This would be so nice to work out:-)

    • @823kaya
      @823kaya 4 года назад +10

      I think it is no accident I found this music on this particular night. 💗

    • @sta89mit
      @sta89mit 4 года назад +6

      I came to revisit this channel after watching choir! choir! choir! And thinking "but social distancing!" Ha. Started looking up virtual choir and finally came back to this video. It's definitely needed right now. Hope you all are staying home and staying safe and healthy!

    • @RyanBuzzell
      @RyanBuzzell 4 года назад +6

      I work in a music school. In 2020 I'm forwarding these on to anyone and everyone that asks how to use a video call to record many participants as the gold standard of how to think different and do it correctly.

    • @malcolmsargeant7818
      @malcolmsargeant7818 4 года назад +5

      I’ve just today discovered Eric’s virtual choirs. April 2020 in lockdown due to coronavirus for three weeks now. Marvellous music created by people separated by distance but with the same love for music and their fellow humans.

  • @mro2112
    @mro2112 10 лет назад +53

    Saw this last night...300 singers...Ball State University...Muncie, Indiana...my daughter in the choir...Eric Whitacre conducting...I am forever changed...

    • @donnavorce8856
      @donnavorce8856 Год назад +2

      Fortunate you are. Can't imagine how a live performance would be.

  • @goyo2002
    @goyo2002 8 лет назад +223

    Eric Whitacre is a genius

  • @wisdomfromprystinetheempress
    @wisdomfromprystinetheempress 3 дня назад

    It's nighttime & it's so beautiful that tears are falling down & the night becomes indeed "water night". 😭😍💯

  • @homoignobilis
    @homoignobilis 10 лет назад +305

    Eric did four of these Virtual Choir projects. Each one bigger than the one before. Not bad for a guy who came to U. Las Vegas to study something else and was almost tricked into joining the university choir. the rest is history.

    • @AffordBindEquipment
      @AffordBindEquipment 6 лет назад +26

      He said it was the pretty girls in the soprano section that finally convinced him!

    • @FenwycktheCat
      @FenwycktheCat 4 года назад +4

      there is no U Las Vegas. It is University of Nevada, Las Vegas, or UNLV

    • @mosart7025
      @mosart7025 3 года назад +1

      @@FenwycktheCat That's not quite as picky as us saying, "It's THE Ohio State University!"

    • @lexiconlearning3861
      @lexiconlearning3861 3 года назад

      Beautiful new virtual choir from the UK over here: ruclips.net/video/KFqPQP8RELA/видео.html

    • @wesleywildcat84
      @wesleywildcat84 Год назад

      Now at six in the main series, plus atleast two other affiliated projects.

  • @taylorr6002
    @taylorr6002 4 года назад +69

    Coronavirus cannot isolate a virtual choir

  • @TheSomnambulants
    @TheSomnambulants 10 лет назад +332

    In a way this is the universe singing.

    • @rosebud577
      @rosebud577 4 года назад +8

      Seems more like humanity because the universe is endless

    • @leighboschen7554
      @leighboschen7554 3 года назад +2

      @@rosebud577 Don’t you know ?? Mankind’s been redeemed by Jesus Christ so we can live forever because of his a rifice the scales of justice have been balanced. ... one life lost , one gained ... Adam, our first father lost his life, therefore could not pass on to his offspring Perfect life to keep on living n live forever... whereas Jesus thru His sacrifice restored that opportunity for those that choose to support His Kingdom can live forever on a restored paradise earth for eternity ... JW.org

    • @rosebud577
      @rosebud577 3 года назад +3

      @@leighboschen7554
      Ok I appreciate the effort but I’m not a Christian so....

    • @Lala-jl7mi
      @Lala-jl7mi 2 года назад +3

      We definitely are the universe experiencing itself.

    • @donnavorce8856
      @donnavorce8856 Год назад +1

      @@Lala-jl7mi I too see us on this tiny lifeboat we named Earth as one speck of dust awakening and coming to awareness. The Universe is self aware. Lala I'm no longer alone in knowing this. I know you're out here somewhere and we share these thoughts.

  • @justie1220
    @justie1220 4 месяца назад +2

    I remember very fondly recording my part for this choir with multiple friends of mine. I still come back to this video and get chills down my spine knowing that I was a part of this incredible adventure.

  • @ARGaming6
    @ARGaming6 9 лет назад +621

    SHOUTOUT TO MY MUSIC TEACHER FOR BEING IN THIS
    LOL

    • @theoneandonly8095
      @theoneandonly8095 5 лет назад +25

      Shoutout to my Choir Teacher for showing me this :)

    • @AaronAlert77
      @AaronAlert77 5 лет назад +1

      mk same

    • @_bobertaii6414
      @_bobertaii6414 5 лет назад +7

      Shout out for yt recommendations for showing me the weirdest shit

    • @oboebuddy15
      @oboebuddy15 4 года назад +6

      @@_bobertaii6414 This video isn't weird

    • @plotox9645
      @plotox9645 4 года назад +3

      Daymn u lucky, I’m here of because my teacher

  • @austinbradley9864
    @austinbradley9864 4 года назад +9

    Oh and I also had the honour to sing in the bass section of the virtual choir of the song so that's another reason why the song means a lot to me.Write on Eric Whitacre write on!!!

  • @sajo_ra5218
    @sajo_ra5218 8 лет назад +162

    Bringing nearly 4000 people from around the globe to prove to us the power of human voice, history has a place for you Eric :)

  • @scareyes825
    @scareyes825 11 лет назад +2

    My grandfather passed away today at 1:43 AM... The day before my band teacher showed me this song and so... here i am again... Thank you

  • @justie1220
    @justie1220 11 лет назад +1

    I still get chills from this.. and i was a part of it.

  • @2009maryanne
    @2009maryanne 10 лет назад +107

    This stirs my soul, we are so connected through vibration and love, this is like a host of heavenly angels!

  • @joannstynchula8468
    @joannstynchula8468 4 года назад +14

    I heard this and can'r
    t stop crying. This is what the pandermic has given us an awaking to be human.

  • @brianbaumgarn5795
    @brianbaumgarn5795 11 лет назад +1

    whether a person chooses to believe in God or not, the reality to me is that the door of heaven has been left open and we are allowed to experience a bit of it in the here and now. all of Eric's music cuts to the core of my soul and spirit.

  • @the.mystictraveller
    @the.mystictraveller 6 лет назад +1

    When you don't see what they wear.. or look like, or where they are from, you only hear the beauty of their voices. We are all ONE and can be one nation on earth. No wars, no hatred. Only love.

  • @speedyjeep27
    @speedyjeep27 11 лет назад +8

    We should do this in the next Olympics event where every country comes together. Each athlete, coach, staff, fans, everyone in the statium should learn and follow one song and sing it together to melt everyone's heart.
    Lets do this!

  • @mestopheles64
    @mestopheles64 7 лет назад +114

    ahhh. sang this in my high school choir. such a hard song to get right, but SOOOO worth it once you perform it. the chills are strong with this one.

    • @kabirrubaiyat
      @kabirrubaiyat 7 лет назад +1

      aeleron more fun singing, for sure.

    • @donnavorce8856
      @donnavorce8856 Год назад

      Hearing it is incredible. I can't imagine being INSIDE it as you were.

    • @lauralevy3994
      @lauralevy3994 Год назад +1

      I sang this song as well in my high school choir as well!!!

    • @lynnmanning2795
      @lynnmanning2795 8 месяцев назад +1

      Your choir master was way ahead of others to bring your HS choir this master piece! Wish I heard you all,! Peace!

  • @sallyg877
    @sallyg877 11 лет назад

    So great to have been a part of this.
    If you enjoyed, were inspired or simply want to see more you, take a look at the kickstarter page for Virtual Choir Bliss and find out what's next for the Virtual Choir. It needs support :)

  • @brittanyphillips8658
    @brittanyphillips8658 10 лет назад +1

    Once again, Eric Whitacre proves that music can bring people together and show that we can be a part of something bigger then ourselves.

  • @digitaldeathsquid3448
    @digitaldeathsquid3448 9 лет назад +222

    For anyone wondering what the lyrics are, here they are in the translated English:
    Night with the eyes of a horse that trembles in the night,
    Night with eyes of water in the field asleep
    Is in your eyes, a horse that trembles is in
    Your eyes of secret water.
    Eyes of shadow-water,
    Eyes of well-water,
    Eyes of dream-water.
    Silence and solitude,
    Two little animals moon-led,
    Drink in your eyes,
    Drink in those waters.
    If you open your eyes, night opens doors of musk,
    The secret kingdom of the water opens
    Flowing from the center of the night.
    And if you close your eyes,
    A river, a silent and beautiful current, fills you from within,
    Flows forward, darkens you:
    Night brings its wetness to beaches in your soul.
    And the original Spanish poem "Agua Nocturna" by Octavio Paz:
    La noche de ojos de caballo que tiemblan en la noche,
    la noche de ojos de agua en el campo dormido,
    está en tus ojos de caballo que tiembla,
    está en tus ojos de agua secreta.
    Ojos de agua de sombra,
    ojos de agua de pozo,
    ojos de agua de sueño.
    El silencio y la soledad,
    como dos pequeños animales a quienes guía la luna,
    beben en esos ojos,
    beben en esas aguas.
    Si abres los ojos,
    se abre la noche de puertas de musgo,
    se abre el reino secreto del agua
    que mana del centro de la noche.
    Y si los cierras,
    un río, una corriente dulce y silenciosa,
    te inunda por dentro, avanza, te hace oscura:
    la noche moja riberas en tu alma.

    • @kabirrubaiyat
      @kabirrubaiyat 7 лет назад +2

      x1StapleGun , thank you for this!

    • @unclesing22
      @unclesing22 7 лет назад +1

      Thanks a lot for this!!

    • @davidsouthern4548
      @davidsouthern4548 5 лет назад

      Cheers, this makes it work for me...🥂

    • @susanturner3655
      @susanturner3655 4 года назад +1

      Bless you Deathsquid! It does help to know.

    • @earsmusic2229
      @earsmusic2229 4 года назад

      Thank You. I thought at 1st. It was Me? LOL

  • @alexzurita7669
    @alexzurita7669 3 года назад +4

    I had the pleasure of performing this song my junior year of high school and it is super gorgeous and super powerful when done right. I love this song because it holds a special place in my heart. Well done all of you.

  • @danpershing1386
    @danpershing1386 11 лет назад +3

    Absolutely stunning. That so many beautiful voices could collaborate, without having ever met, is a miracle. God certainly had His hand in all of this: the vocals, the edit, the written music. Just beautiful. Thanks you all of you performers, and to Mr. Whitacre and his staff.

  • @Kelleysmith402
    @Kelleysmith402 9 лет назад +70

    Either way, Whitacre is a musical genius. Thank you for posting

    • @bingo1232
      @bingo1232 9 лет назад +8

      Shelia Chambers ...and, may I say, in all ways he is a genius in bringing people together

  • @pussyteeth
    @pussyteeth 8 лет назад +18

    My eyes were watering up while I listened to this.

  • @austinbradley9864
    @austinbradley9864 4 года назад +6

    Eric Whitacre's music was introduced to me at a very trying time of my life "Water night" was the first song I heard after the death of my younger brother. I fell deeply in love with this song because it helped me when I really was at my lowest point I think God for Eric Whitacre's music and maybe they will give me another chance to audition because I wasn't able to audition at the time that I was really in contact with Mr Whitaker's management but water night is a very special song for me.

  • @ProwessRayna
    @ProwessRayna 10 лет назад +1

    There is no sound more ethereal than a huge choir! Brilliant, love it. encore!

  • @MiLkAnimeStar
    @MiLkAnimeStar 11 лет назад +1

    OMG!! This is beyond anything....ever done in choir history. Its beautiful

  • @DarkMoonDroid
    @DarkMoonDroid 7 лет назад +22

    Water is Life.

  • @LoriCiani
    @LoriCiani 9 лет назад +72

    Beauty in the form of song, the sound of the human soul. : )

  • @XTYXminin
    @XTYXminin 11 лет назад

    I saw this in music class today and I'm watching it at my house. Gonna show my parents and tell them to show their friends. This also reminds me of my dog Lily. She ran away two nights ago. This song gives me hope she'll come back.

  • @paulstarr5706
    @paulstarr5706 4 года назад

    Truly Heaven on Earth - the Angels are not above us and there is no pit below us - We are the Angels finally learning to harmonise with the universe that birthed us. Thank you Eric Whitacre

  • @CagedWind
    @CagedWind 9 лет назад +50

    Amazing sound. But Lux Aurumque is in my heart now and forever.
    Thank you for that kind of magic. For your great music. Your music is what keeps some of us together. Your music is what keeps some of us just... just alive. Your music is part of my life now.
    Your music is infinity.

    • @AffordBindEquipment
      @AffordBindEquipment 6 лет назад

      I totally agree about Lux Aurumque with the virtual choir. Every time I listen I get chills and choked up. What fantastic discord and resolution; it vibrates the soul.

  • @adoracioncristiana6444
    @adoracioncristiana6444 10 лет назад +36

    The music makes consonant and dissonant harmonies be more alike than opposite each other, beautifully joined and wonderfully orchestrated vocal sounds to be heard over and over.

    • @donnavorce8856
      @donnavorce8856 Год назад

      I'd like to see some of the stacked notes making up some of these outrageous chords.

    • @hightowergaming5301
      @hightowergaming5301 Год назад

      Unity in difference

  • @allenrussell1947
    @allenrussell1947 6 лет назад +1

    The orchestral rendition it's beautiful too. What a gift.

  • @randyburks155
    @randyburks155 6 лет назад +1

    I have just discovered Eric Whitacre. This music brings tears of joy and awe to my eyes. It shifts things inside that I can't explain. Such beautiful chord progressions. I'm at a loss for words.

  • @williambuck5617
    @williambuck5617 4 года назад +6

    now i want to see a piece written where all singers and musicians could do this from all over the world thousands of drums and every kind of instrument with tens of thousands of voices all working together making a song so incredible that words could never express it this is truly beyond awesome

  • @UkeOne
    @UkeOne 10 лет назад +3

    Eric Whitacre is brilliant and his music is stunning...and this virtual choir is a great achievement for the 21st century. Imagine bringing all these people together from all over the world...Bravo, Eric!

  • @Amandy535
    @Amandy535 11 лет назад

    Now this is what I call music. It takes you to another place.

  • @taterpieinmt
    @taterpieinmt 11 лет назад +1

    you can feel the peace settle over you when listening to this its so calming

  • @jobyhyman6373
    @jobyhyman6373 8 лет назад +7

    The energy and intent of all those voices put a complexity to a piece of artistry that is not able to be eclipsed. The genius of composition and understanding of emotion is BRILLIANT. Thank you Eric.

  • @zachskiles8059
    @zachskiles8059 8 лет назад +27

    I tear up every time I hear this

    • @kabirrubaiyat
      @kabirrubaiyat 7 лет назад

      Zach Skiles , it touches one's soul..music transcends cultural and language barriers..always has. : ) Sometimes you hear particular strains in a completely different language, and yet it has this amazing capability to move you to tears...it truly is amazing.

  • @karenmccants1439
    @karenmccants1439 11 лет назад

    All faiths, all colors, all people...singing as one. Doesn't get any better than that.

  • @sing7harmonies
    @sing7harmonies 11 лет назад +1

    And it is done through music...
    If anyone says music doesn't bring us closer together, s/he is wrong.
    This is absolutely beautiful!

  • @dominquepreston7065
    @dominquepreston7065 8 лет назад +42

    holey crap I have goose bumps on top of goose bumps and I am crying what the hell. This is so beautiful and angelic shivers

    • @ML-do5ii
      @ML-do5ii 6 лет назад +1

      Nikki Preston once they started tears just started flowing glad I'm not the only one

    • @veronicapendon456
      @veronicapendon456 4 года назад

      This is so beautiful sounds amazing voice.

  • @SamuelFister
    @SamuelFister 9 лет назад +97

    These videos are awesome and chilling, but i want to see the timeline of the video project! Imagine having to sync and key over THREE THOUSAND channels of audio and video. I just unwittingly grabbed my coffee at the very thought.

    • @_DiJiT
      @_DiJiT 4 года назад +6

      The way it's recorded by each Singer definitely helps with syncing.
      You're singing along with a video of Eric conducting and a backing track too.

  • @slpkenney
    @slpkenney 11 лет назад

    I had the pleasure of being one of the first high schools in the nation to sing this song. I had a great teacher.

  • @MLH780
    @MLH780 11 лет назад +1

    If only this was live. Seeing this many people singing this song together would be... so amazing I couldn't describe

  • @Tea_Noire
    @Tea_Noire 10 лет назад +553

    You know that there's a problem with society when pop music videos get more views than masterpieces like this.

    • @Tea_Noire
      @Tea_Noire 10 лет назад +8

      Jason Demeter So you're saying that beautiful choral music like this is the same thing as a half-assed Katy Perry-esque pop song?

    • @Ayokalyb
      @Ayokalyb 10 лет назад +42

      I think it constitutes a problem with your perception of society, rather than society itself.

    • @Tea_Noire
      @Tea_Noire 10 лет назад +5

      Ayokalyb . . .Sure. Why not.

    • @Bruizer1995
      @Bruizer1995 10 лет назад +32

      ***** what he means is that "pop" music is popular, that's literally what pop is short for. So, if this got as many veiws and/or likes as pop music than it would in turn be popular thus making it pop music.

    • @KOrgan0414
      @KOrgan0414 7 лет назад +32

      Everyone has their own opinion, and if they prefer "music" like Katy Perry than let it be. We just have a deeper connection with choral pieces.

  • @summerc1539
    @summerc1539 8 лет назад +13

    this one and sleep are my favorite ones and I surprise a lot of people

  • @Nico.the.therian
    @Nico.the.therian Год назад +1

    I listened to this in choir today and I was left speechless. Its just so amazing

  • @Frenchhornhero
    @Frenchhornhero 11 лет назад

    For a really long time I have been interested in writing really dissonant harmonic passages, and when I discovered Eric Whitacre I was in heaven. I'm just glad that some people recognize the beauty in otherwise less beautiful chords.

  • @WSHS_Choir
    @WSHS_Choir 3 года назад +3

    This is one of the most beautiful choral pieces ever written. I love to go back and revisit the transcendent beauty of its text and music married together perfectly. Just what I needed to hear tonight!

  • @MsZimama
    @MsZimama 9 лет назад +4

    мурашки по коже,очень гармонично поют!

  • @sallyg877
    @sallyg877 10 лет назад +2

    Beautiful Beautiful

  • @TheSweetestSigh
    @TheSweetestSigh 11 лет назад +1

    Beauty is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder. Something like this could give someone just as many chills as one of the most exquisite pieces of music on earth.

  • @tealpari
    @tealpari 8 лет назад +12

    It's very hard to listen to this without imagining that I'm listening to a beautiful choral chamber choir of angelic singers. Well done! 👼🏻

  • @meshuO1
    @meshuO1 10 лет назад +5

    Eric, you should be so proud of yourself.....what a beautiful life role....much success!

  • @taylorjames5556
    @taylorjames5556 10 лет назад +1

    I listen to Old school Rap. But I think this is simply Amazing. Great work. Every single singer deserves a thumbs up.

  • @Brittany15xz
    @Brittany15xz 11 лет назад

    I agree. I feel like the angels are singing to me from Heaven listening to this.

  • @scottmoore4644
    @scottmoore4644 5 лет назад +4

    This is what I would imagine we would receive from an interplanetary civilization by way of invitation to life on other planets. Let the cosmos know, we are here !!! Thank you Eric and thank you all those who contributed to this project in all the ways that you did, and will do yet.

  • @toshac8600
    @toshac8600 10 лет назад +11

    Got introduced to Eric's Virtual Choir through music appreciation, and I definitely appreciate his music :p
    -keep it up Eric

  • @panthamor
    @panthamor 11 лет назад

    WOW! Cried the whole way through! This clearly demonstrates the unifying power of culture and art, beyond borders and national identity.
    We are all part of this majestic structure that is the universe, we all have the same aspirations and dreams, we all strive to be happy and avoid pain. We are one species, one family, WE ARE ONE!
    Peace and Love

  • @judithvandegrift9408
    @judithvandegrift9408 3 года назад +2

    Music is the beauty of the soul sharing in love. God be with us and protect us Amen.

  • @mojiturner6007
    @mojiturner6007 9 лет назад +3

    Simply incredible. Thank you Mr. Whitacre for creating such beautiful music :)

  • @LorinTone
    @LorinTone 8 лет назад +9

    A pretty exceptional piece of work and project. Be content in the knowledge that you're a rock star now, Mr. Whitacre.

  • @rileyschatz001
    @rileyschatz001 11 лет назад

    You are in heaven on Earth, where finally humans come as one to show their love. Through music

  • @borchnork
    @borchnork 11 лет назад

    Music is the one true universal language. Solid Proof right here.

  • @guramare44
    @guramare44 10 лет назад +4

    A Moment of Beauty

  • @TheWinnieston
    @TheWinnieston 10 лет назад +18

    That rendering job though!

  • @moriahsafford8683
    @moriahsafford8683 11 лет назад

    We did this in our school Chorale. Got first place in Competition. Love Eric Whitacre. So amazing.

  • @susanoleson2136
    @susanoleson2136 10 лет назад

    WONDERFUL. Mr. Whitacre, you are a TREASURE.

  • @Newgrist
    @Newgrist 7 лет назад +3

    Beautiful, but profoundly alienating. Harmoniously blended voices in polyphonic choral singing is a living symbol of human togetherness, which the videos of solitary young singers in the loneliness of their apartments totally contradicts.

    • @salamanca1954
      @salamanca1954 7 лет назад +1

      Not to mention his extensive use of dissonance. There is harmony within the dissonance, but its force hits almost like a physical blow.

    • @ylw
      @ylw 6 лет назад +1

      We're alone in a crowded world...

  • @TravisTirlokhi
    @TravisTirlokhi 10 лет назад +7

    how can people dislike this

  • @kellydawn1045
    @kellydawn1045 11 лет назад +1

    The orchestral version at the end is just divine. Wow. I didn't think both versions would be equally moving.

  • @katoeoeoe
    @katoeoeoe 9 лет назад

    i´m so proud to be part of this. it was so much fun to record.

  • @pablofelixgopfgo1202
    @pablofelixgopfgo1202 10 лет назад +12

    It's an english traslation from "Agua Nocturna", writen by the mexican poet Octavio Paz.
    AGUA NOCTURNA
    La noche de ojos de caballo
    que tiemblan en la noche,
    la noche de ojos de agua
    en el campo dormido,
    está en tus ojos de caballo
    que tiembla,
    está en tus ojos de agua
    secreta.
    Ojos de agua de sombra,
    ojos de agua de pozo,
    ojos de agua de sueño.
    El silencio y la soledad,
    comos dos pequeños animales
    a quienes guía la luna,
    beben en esos ojos,
    beben en esas agua.
    Si abres los ojos,
    se abre la noche de puertas de
    musgo,
    se abre el reino secreto del
    agua
    que mana del centro de la
    noche.
    Y si los cierras,
    un río te inunda por dentro,
    avanza, te haré oscura:
    la noche moja riberas en tu alma
    Octavio Paz (adapted by Eric Whitacre)

  • @ChuChild
    @ChuChild 8 лет назад +8

    my chorus has been doing one or two songs of his every year. this was one of my favorites c:

    • @kamk5075
      @kamk5075 7 лет назад

      by chorus you mean choir right?

    • @kamk5075
      @kamk5075 7 лет назад

      oh

  • @SamwellWK
    @SamwellWK 11 лет назад

    One day, I wish to hear something like this, but with a million singers. Just imagine the resonance!

  • @mrams0911
    @mrams0911 11 лет назад

    God certainly gifted Eric - already one of the great composers

  • @InsideOfMyOwnMind
    @InsideOfMyOwnMind 5 лет назад +3

    I imagine myself watching this from space with a light representing the location of each singer. Google Earth do something worthwhile.

  • @benjaminleaf4828
    @benjaminleaf4828 10 лет назад +21

    It took me the longest to find myself in this one.

    • @farklegriffen2624
      @farklegriffen2624 4 года назад

      Ben Leaf, I know I’m 5 years late, but where are you?

    • @markclason2717
      @markclason2717 4 года назад

      How does one audition for future projects like this?

    • @happyman3312
      @happyman3312 4 года назад +1

      @@markclason2717 he has a current virtual choir going on, sign up on virtual choir 6 website

    • @markclason2717
      @markclason2717 4 года назад

      Ben Leaf I just signed up for VC6. Woo-hoo!

    • @jayw8726
      @jayw8726 4 года назад

      I still cant find myself! 😂

  • @wrstjohn
    @wrstjohn 11 лет назад

    What a beautiful way to foster brotherhood in the world. We are just amazing. The ET's of the Universe I venture would be awe struck. MORE, MORE.

  • @pacrimco
    @pacrimco 11 лет назад

    Music is the glue of humanity.

  • @55ASNM19
    @55ASNM19 9 лет назад +4

    «Моцарт. Принимать по два часа в день» - этот рецепт Альфред Томатис, известный парижский врач, прописал Жерару Депардье. В середине 60-х молодой артист приехал покорять Париж и имел к этому все шансы, если бы не проблемы с речью и памятью. «До Томатиса, - вспоминал позже Депардье, - я не мог довести до конца ни одного предложения. Он помог придать завершенность моим мыслям, научил меня синтезу и пониманию самого процесса мышления».
    Ученые США и Болгарии независимо друг от друга обнаружили, что музыка Моцарта усиливает нашу мозговую активность и повышает интеллект. Этот феномен получил название «эффект Моцарта», а компакт-диски с произведениями композитора сразу же попали в разряд бестселлеров.

  • @user-ye3vx8qb3g
    @user-ye3vx8qb3g 9 лет назад +3

    Красиво! И труд титанический! Я в восторге!!!

    • @anonunknown7999
      @anonunknown7999 8 лет назад

      +Audry Borders It's called Russian dipshit

  • @rickythewriter4042
    @rickythewriter4042 8 лет назад

    Eric I was your old guy technician at NEA today. Your presentation was as amazing as your accomplishments. I had to come check them out. You are absolutely an amazing man. Thank you and never lose your creativity or your carisma. Thank you.

  • @benyamind
    @benyamind 5 лет назад +4

    Legendary composition.
    Why is the audio almost fully mono though? Need the cinematic version.

  • @annamariesosa806
    @annamariesosa806 10 лет назад +3

    My chamber choir at school is singing this at our next concert and contest
    Im so using this to practice along too!

  • @baobabf6152
    @baobabf6152 3 года назад

    voices of water
    voices of hope and pure light
    i feel better now

  • @SoulStealerSlayers
    @SoulStealerSlayers 10 лет назад +2

    I LOVE choir music! It has a sense of unity and beauty; the most beautiful moments are not only the harmonizing parts, but the unison parts as well. When they are in unison, the listeners - and maybe even the singers themselves - feel truly connected to the beauty of this world and the wonder of the human voice. Please continue to make these beautiful videos, which can easily cause soft tears to enter the inspired eyes!

  • @camphalf-blood975
    @camphalf-blood975 4 года назад +5

    Coronavirus: Hehe I can stop choirs
    Virtual Choirs: AHEM! Did you really think you could stop us?

  • @annamindlin7831
    @annamindlin7831 7 лет назад +12

    Is this heaven?

    • @michelebailey3291
      @michelebailey3291 7 лет назад +7

      I was thinking the same thing This just might be what the angels would sound like in heaven. Beautiful

  • @Sanatma11
    @Sanatma11 10 лет назад

    I am blown away by this "work". So beautiful! Love, love, love!

  • @MrPhreshSwagger
    @MrPhreshSwagger 11 лет назад +1

    I sang "Sleep" Baritone and Tenor part at the GA All State Choir in 2007 and I can truly say it was powerful. Inspired me to become the Music Vocal Ed Major I am today. I have the sheet music still to this day. I always get chills listening to this

  • @_DiJiT
    @_DiJiT 4 года назад +3

    9:49 that Daniel Tolbert is ME!