Richmond Choral Society performed "Five Hebrew Love Songs" by Eric Whitacre and the Yizkor Requiem by Thomas Beveridge today. Both pieces are amazing, and while, as a choir member, I can nitpick everything that we messed up, etc, quite a few people told me how beautiful and wonderful it was. David said it was his favorite concert so far. And I performed the spoken Hebrew solo and had a few people comment that they didn't know I spoke Hebrew. I don't :P But it linguistic formation, it's quite similar to Russian!
I am somewhat bummed that this concert was not recorded. The Yizkor Requiem is so cool.
I highly recommend reading this page for a listen and for the back story of those love songs. They were actually the first Whitacre piece I ever heard and I fell in love. Just watching the interaction between he and his wife, Hila (the author of the poems for the piece), makes me smile; the adoration is so clear.
The 2000+ voice Virtual Choir goes live on April 7, but here is a link to Eric Whitacre's TED talk, which contains the first 2-3 minutes of the video (at the end of his talk. Absolutely gorgeous and I am so stoked for the finished product!
And I did finish that sweater! Please try to ignore how terribad I look and join me in loving the sweater. I think I may get the bottom of it wet and let it air dry to lengthen it a bit, without changing where the armholes are.
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