Live at the BBC Proms: Eric Whitacre conducts the world premiere of Eternity in an Hour with the BBC Singers, Christopher Glynn, Nick Lisher and 12 Ensemble.
Live at the BBC Proms: Eric Whitacre conducts the world premiere of Eternity in an Hour with the BBC Singers, Christopher Glynn, Nick Lisher and 12 Ensemble.
Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Eric Whitacre: Eternity in an Hour, BBC co-commission: world premiere
Christopher Glynn, piano
Lesjamusic, electronics
12 Ensemble
BBC Singers
Eric Whitacre, conductor/electronics
William Blake’s great poem pitting childlike wonder and naivety against adult maturity and experience, Auguries of Innocence, contains the resonant line ‘eternity in an hour’. Eric Whitacre, whose apparently weightless music is often said to stop time, takes that line as the title for his Proms commission, receiving its world premiere at this Late Night Prom. Expect shimmering beauty and heavenly harmonies as Whitacre himself conducts the BBC Singers and an ensemble of strings, piano and electronics.
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Eric Whitacre
Eternity In An Hour
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Performer: Lesjamusic. Choir: BBC Singers. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. -
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- Wed 4 Sep 2024 22:30BBC Radio 3
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