The seal lullaby satb with piano accompaniment sheet music. The white seal is a beautiful story, classic kipling, dark and rich and not at all condescending to kids. Eric whitacre choral director and composer biography. Dedicated with love and gratitude to stephen schwartz. Austin symphonic band performing the seal lullaby by eric whitacre. Mar 07, 2007 i see this song as a mother seal looking in on her sleeping pup much the way any parent looks in on their sleeping child, and softly sings this sweet lullaby, while the reader or listener of eric whitacres beautiful setting envisions the trials and adventures of her little baby, through these picturesque and poetic words. The seal lullaby satb with piano accompaniment sheet music for. I was struck so deeply by those first beautiful words, and a simple, sweet disneyesque song just came gushing out of me. Simple and welcoming, glow was premiered by the world of color honor choir at disneys.
Eric whitacre hal leonard corporation editors choice selection. Composed by eric whitacre oh hush thee my baby the night is behind us and black are the waters that sparkle so green the moon oer the combers looks downward to find us at rest in the hollows that. He has also served as a guest conductor for ensembles throughout europe, asia, australia and the americas. Eric whitacre the seal lullaby album version w lyrics. Eric whitacre conducts the seal lullaby junges vokalensemble hannover duration. Whitacre talks at ted about his background and virtual choir 2.
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Share, download and print free sheet music for piano, guitar, flute and more on the worlds largest community of sheet music creators. Aug 18, 2016 eric whitacre conducts the seal lullaby junges vokalensemble hannover duration. The seal lullaby dedicated with love and gratitude to stephen schwartz rudyard kipling eric whitacre simply, with a little rubato 66 soprano i soprano il piano ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, loco loco pedal generously throughout ooh. The seal lullaby by ericwhitacre published on 20110428t11. Seal lullaby written for an unmade animated film verges on the corny, perhaps, but there are some ravishing pieces here, not least lux aurumque, which opens the cd and gives the disc its title. The seal lullaby by eric whitacre 1970 octavo sheet. In october 2000, the 16voice austin, texas choral ensemble austin prochorus made the debut performance of an. I have split the solo onto 3 different instruments and simply moved the parts onto a wind band style score with the aim to make it available and playable for senior school wind bands to spread whitacres. This is eric whitacres seal lullaby as arranged for brass band by paul sharman.
Whitacre is that rare thing, a modern composer who is both popular and original the daily telegraph, london eric has inspired millions as composer, conductor, innovator, broadcaster and charismat. Eric whitacre is one of todays most popular and frequentlyperformed composers. The city and the sea is a new collection of five compositions from one of the worlds most popular choral composer based on the poems of e. Seal lullaby was composed for a proposed animated movie that ultimately was not made. In our catalog, you can find eric whitacre sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Can someone explain the music theory behind eric whitacre. Bob edwards interviews eric whitacre on radio link 45. Eric whitacre the seal lullaby sheet music video duration. Eric edward whitacre born january 2, 1970 is an american composer, conductor, and speaker known for his choral, orchestral, and wind ensemble music. The seal lullaby by eric whitacre and eric whitacre singers on amazon music. The seal lullaby composed by eric whitacre digital sheet music. In october 2000, the 16voice austin, texas choral ensemble austin prochorus made the debut performance of an eightpart choral work ssaattbb by composer eric whitacre, a setting of the 1923 robert frost poem stopping by woods on a snowy evening.
The seal lullaby, a song by eric whitacre on spotify. The seal lullaby is a beautiful story, classic kipling, dark and rich and not at all condescending to kids. His remarkable global appeal has been enhanced by his achievements as conductor, innovator, broadcaster and charismatic public speaker, and by the bestselling success of his recordings. Musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. Today, he has published more than four dozen choral works, conducted in some of the most esteemed halls in the world, and featured on dozens of. The seal lullaby 3 commissioned by the roxbury high school wind symphony, succasunna, nj, todd nichols, conductor dedicated with love and gratitude to stephen schwartz. The seal lullaby by ericwhitacre eric whitacre free. Listen to songs by eric whitacre for free with amazon music unlimited trial. Best of all, kipling begins his tale with the mother seal singing softly to her young pup. Daily, we added a hundreds of new songs with chords and tabs, just for you. Eric whitacre seal lullaby was composed for a proposed animated movie that ultimately was not made.
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