This guy is amazing! The lyrics are such a different kind of poetry to me. When it comes to night or water this guy knows EXACTLY how to describe it! So perfectly mesmerizing and smooth. So clean
So excited for Virtual Choir 3...doing Tenor, but maybe I should do soprano since I can hit the A flat in my falsetto HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. I can go up to a D in falsetto is that sad? I don't think so....okay maybe a bit.
@DC11961 It will be interesting to see if this new tech can make all of this synch up. It was certainly a near impossibility with the tech we had 3 years ago. IDK, but we shall see.
@HarryPotterHD99 High A-flat?!?! Geez, I don't know if I can hit that. I'll have to look at the parts. There must be a soprano II part though...right?
@captainbuttons Nope, ALL the sopranos at one point at together at the A flat but the I have the option to stay up there or go to G flat and it splits to 5 parts for the Sopranos after that!
@HarryPotterHD99 Yeah I took a look at it right after reading your comment! I think it's doable, your voice just has to be really warm to get up there
Our choir did this song last semester, and I find it pretty amazing that when "eyes" is sung, there are 18 notes being sung at once! Wow, Eric! LOVE this song!
To hear this work of so much beauty where the music and text become one, fills me with wonder.To be able to perform this work takes one away to far places, however, to conduct the work carries me away.........
How? How can a single song be so amazing? How is it possible for so much Dissonance to be so enjoyable? How is it possible for so much phenomenal sound to fit into five minutes?
This is music, and it's music I'm going to be keeping on loop for a while <(^.^<)
Every time one of those gorgeous chords was sung it felt like my entire body was hurting, but not in a painful way... well yes it was pain, a stunning bittersweet pain that echos as it dies so that you never want it to end. The music hurts as only music can. It's Amazing...
@Crothonora It moves with too much speed and complexity to be used for that unfortunately. Eric said he'll either create a new piece for the third virtual choir or maybe use When David Heard.
Those of you who are under the impression that there are only 12 essential notes in music are actually quite wrong. Plenty of contemporary and modern composers make use of microtonal composition, which uses intervals of fourth-steps instead of half-steps and the use of quarter and three-quarter sharps and flats.
This song is so incredible to sing! You can literally feel it...just amazing...and btw it is in fact 14 parts and technically there are only 12 notes in the world that are used in creating music. There are in fact doubled notes.
That pretty much depends on what you mean by "part". When people spout off numbers of parts they usually don't count different octaves as the same note.
@MrMayorCheezIII technically, no. There are infinite number of notes. You can use ridiculous enharmonic spellings like G triple sharp... and it'd technically be a different note.
I know what youre saying though, that there are only 12 half-steps in an octave, ergo only 12 useful divisions... etc... just technically there are more than 12 nameable notes cause you can name them in crazy ways
The writer is Octavio Paz, he was inspired by his poem...and there is a beautiful story behind this song and Eric Whitacre's life during school. The info is in another Youtube video...just BEAUTIFUL!
@cobbles56 Whitacre is like rich dark chocolate. It takes maturity and sophistication to appreciate. I wouldn't expect you to understand. Go back to Rebecca Black.
@iloveredsox7020 well, what I should have emphasized was that there were a lot of inexperienced singers with me an they could not hold the high notes or stay on pitch to save their lives
@ninjasylph ohh god! i know how that feels.. -_- ugh..!! lol it ruins the song when u have people who are inexperienced sing a much more advanced song.. but just being able to sing this song is an experience in its own.. i love eric whitacre
@MusicIIV I pressed it because i thought it was tuneless crap with retarded lyrics which had they not been written on the boring accompanying video would of been impossible to comprehend from the offensive cochophony of squealing pigs that assulted my ears when i played this tripe.
It sounds like he's writing about a kelpie. A mythical water horse that takes the form of a horse and kills its prey by luring them to the water and drowning them.
I like Eric Whitacre, but I think his poetry tastes leave something to be desired. "Night with the eyes of a horse that trembles in the night?" Come on, people.
Still though, brilliant writing just in terms of the music.
@Jimbothenoob I'm pretty sure he didn't write this, if that was what you meant. Myself, I do like the mystery of this poetry, because if it's taken seriously it really can be beautiful.
Ive listened to this song a million times. More half of that was this same exact video recording. However, I just read the description. This is my favorite video of the song and you say its "not AS interesting as others"?? No. That dont fly! ;) I love this one.
@pbj4toast Have you heard Nox Aurumque? My select choir sang it, and it made me cry each time. Out of this world beautiful, the lyrics and music are phenomenal!
I am learning this, and this is my second time learning Whitacre's composition. The previous one is Lux Aurumque. I am deeply indulged in the beautiful scene he created. Must work hard to overcome some bars and polish it to perfection before going to the stage :D
@SpaceSuitMan yeah my chamber choir did this piece last year. It was a small choir so everyone had their own part. very difficult, but easily one of the most beautiful pieces ive ever done
@Dimebag719 How though? there are only 8 notes in a scale and that's counting both Dos.. Technically that means that almost all the notes are doubled and aren't really harmonies because those are just octaves...
@sharonasiana no it's not 15 parts. If you're talking about the chord (not really a chord) at the beginning of measure 34, it's most definitely 14... Or the other section 'in flows forward" measure 48.. its still 14. haha. no worries.
This was the first Whitacre song I ever heard. I was immediately so engrossed that I didn't even notice it had started to snow, though I was looking out the window.
I go to other videos to listen to other choirs singing this piece and then I always find myself coming back to this choir and this version. It's just sublime.
I sang this in college 13 years ago. I can see from the comments that this piece is still popular with young people. I suppose that's the hallmark of great music; it lasts generations.
At our State Choir Festival, My high school SATB choir sang this, and we got a perfect score. :) This is by far my favorite song I've sung in choir. Absolutely breathtaking.
@mca2793 Me too. I wish my high school could sing this song someday. but for now, I'm in 8th grade and I love this song; Even when I'm not singing this in chorus.
@mca2793 Yeah, I guess. :) I don't know what's gonna happen in my high school, but I'm sure that someday they'll take it and let us practice it. But I don't really know, since I love to sing AND play all @ the same or different times.
@coolmj308 Haha yep! And we know each other, too! I looked at your channel and I knew it from the Joshua Radin (the BEST), not to mention your name! It's Marissa, haha. Glad we both love Whitacre, too!
I could probably talk about this song for an hour and about all the things this choir did right that I really really like. Instead I'll just leave it as this. I sang this song and it changed my entire view on choral music. Truly an amazing piece both to hear and perform.
Open your eyes......and the night will bring forth the memories you so dear cherish. Close your eyes........and the memories will remain in your soul forever.
if u ever need an exapmle of dissonece.. here is the song.. i just doscovred this man today.. and i can tell u he is now my favrite composer of all time..just listen to the harmony.. it pure freedom and imaginstion.. simply amazing.. brought me to tears
beautiful. this is my first time listening to this kind of music..at my age (seventeen) I am usually exposed to mainstream garbage but upon finding this piece I am rethinking my preferences as well as my surroundings as a whole.
An arts magnet high school choir I worked with did this some years ago. They surrounded the auditence in a mixed formation and did it with the lights of the theatre off. Time stood still. The choir and the piece were amazing...
I have goosebumps. This is a beautiful piece of music! I have my speakers turned up as high as they can be to hear all of the harmonies, but still it's not enough; I wish I could be there, fully surrounded by the beaty of this music.
@electricblueyes530 I applaud you for finishing and performing this piece. Are you talking about a high school or college choir. I have heard some spectacular high school choirs, but not one with this wide a range for the basses, this clear a sound, and this superior production of the harmonic overtones. Those golden harmonic tones are just mentally dissolving. That said, beautiful piece when done even with not-quite-master singers.
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langalisc 1 week ago 3
im glad i found this cuz were doin it in chior
freakonaleash7able 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
incredible
videoexpert101 2 weeks ago
each entrance, each release, each dissonance, perfectly in tune and perfect diction. I only wish to sing this piece <3
icickel 2 weeks ago
1:47 love that low bass noteee!
thebrandispybuck 2 weeks ago
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thebrandispybuck 2 weeks ago
This guy is amazing! The lyrics are such a different kind of poetry to me. When it comes to night or water this guy knows EXACTLY how to describe it! So perfectly mesmerizing and smooth. So clean
shabamflam 3 weeks ago
My chamber singers group is singing this for spring concert. SO AWESOME!
hohman6 3 weeks ago
Whoa........ YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! THAT WAS THE MOST COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD.....
smoothiesareawesome1 3 weeks ago
The overtones in this piece are just mesmerizing. They give me chills everytime. Eric Whitacre speaks true music.
BryanStowers92 3 weeks ago
Abby - Of course you can. Whenever you do it though, try to make it seamless when you drop out and come back in. Good luck!
ShannynPalmer 3 weeks ago
Kingdom Hearts III had better have a theme like this for their final level!
MrWerehog23 3 weeks ago 2
dislikes? smh
tonidavis1 4 weeks ago
@tonidavis1 dislikes? smd
biznock19 3 weeks ago
this might be a stupid question: are we allowed to stagger breathe on held out notes if we can't make it all the way?
AbbyAmbition14 4 weeks ago
Omg!! I can't wait for virtual choir 3!! This song makes me want to cry every time I hear it.
lilangel722 1 month ago
So infinitely excited for Virtual Choir 3!!!
electrikrainbows 1 month ago 3
VC 3 is going to be unbelievably ridiculously amazingly insanely epic beyond the normal level of epicness.
mlr2107 1 month ago 2
I sang all of the top notes for bass in my vc3 vid
bandgeek375211 1 month ago
You guys should agree upon the fact that Ronald Staheli understands better The works of Eric Whitacre than any conductor, even Eric himself.
CornerCourts 1 month ago
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fieldhockeygirl21 1 month ago
I cannot wait for VC3! This is the first song i heard by eric whitacre and i fell in love-3
Danibeltran4 1 month ago
So excited for Virtual Choir 3...doing Tenor, but maybe I should do soprano since I can hit the A flat in my falsetto HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. I can go up to a D in falsetto is that sad? I don't think so....okay maybe a bit.
pandasontherocks 1 month ago 3
@pandasontherocks It's not sad. I can do the same thing in my chest. (A high D, right?)
Konnorshi 1 month ago
@Konnorshi yeah, D6 haha (the high D above soprano C).
pandasontherocks 1 month ago
Oh I'm so excited for VC3! Now, which part to sing...
DaSinginSquid 1 month ago
I'm so excited to do this....this will be my first time participating in Virtual Choir, and it's going to be amazing!!!
waitekid101 1 month ago
@waitekid101 Same here! Happy Recording!
justie1220 1 month ago
oh yeah, tenor one is gonna be fun :D
Crothonora 1 month ago
Beast of a tenor part there guys! That's got to be fun!
SheenaBrnai 1 month ago
This is a beautiful video, btw.
destaniofhearts 1 month ago
VIRTUAL CHOIR 3 BABY! WOO!
destaniofhearts 1 month ago 76
@Icyveins906 Apparently not because it's the song that was chosen. :D
DC11961 1 month ago
@DC11961 It will be interesting to see if this new tech can make all of this synch up. It was certainly a near impossibility with the tech we had 3 years ago. IDK, but we shall see.
Icyveins906 1 month ago
So beautiful. Anyone else excited for virtual choir 3?!?
captainbuttons 1 month ago 8
@captainbuttons Dude yes!
destaniofhearts 1 month ago
@captainbuttons I am!! I HAVE to be a soprano though! I can't do alto, but I can't get the High A flat!!! URG!
HarryPotterHD99 1 month ago
@HarryPotterHD99 High A-flat?!?! Geez, I don't know if I can hit that. I'll have to look at the parts. There must be a soprano II part though...right?
captainbuttons 1 month ago
@captainbuttons Nope, ALL the sopranos at one point at together at the A flat but the I have the option to stay up there or go to G flat and it splits to 5 parts for the Sopranos after that!
HarryPotterHD99 1 month ago
@HarryPotterHD99 Yeah I took a look at it right after reading your comment! I think it's doable, your voice just has to be really warm to get up there
captainbuttons 1 month ago
@captainbuttons Yeah, I can squeak it! It isn't pretty but its there
HarryPotterHD99 1 month ago
@HarryPotterHD99 Just sing it really, really quietly and maybe no one will notice the squeaking! :P
captainbuttons 1 month ago
@PfeiferCj I LOL'd at your comment for a good 5 minutes. :D
Cbrumski 1 month ago
Our choir did this song last semester, and I find it pretty amazing that when "eyes" is sung, there are 18 notes being sung at once! Wow, Eric! LOVE this song!
heartbreaking4u 1 month ago 2
To hear this work of so much beauty where the music and text become one, fills me with wonder.To be able to perform this work takes one away to far places, however, to conduct the work carries me away.........
musiekish 1 month ago
oh.. i do.. because i sang it in a choir. (:
uNoproblema 1 month ago
How? How can a single song be so amazing? How is it possible for so much Dissonance to be so enjoyable? How is it possible for so much phenomenal sound to fit into five minutes?
This is music, and it's music I'm going to be keeping on loop for a while <(^.^<)
tmacandcheese1 1 month ago 4
I dont even know what just happened...
PfeiferCJ 2 months ago 5
(BYU Singers
MegaJane37 2 months ago
Every time one of those gorgeous chords was sung it felt like my entire body was hurting, but not in a painful way... well yes it was pain, a stunning bittersweet pain that echos as it dies so that you never want it to end. The music hurts as only music can. It's Amazing...
TeamVampireHunterD 2 months ago 3
Virtual Choir 3!!!! i vote this song!
Crothonora 2 months ago
@Crothonora It moves with too much speed and complexity to be used for that unfortunately. Eric said he'll either create a new piece for the third virtual choir or maybe use When David Heard.
Icyveins906 2 months ago in playlist Eric Whitacre
@Crothonora This IS virtual choir 3! virtualchoir .ericwhitacre. com
angelfish22093 1 month ago
I know it's been said on a million videos, but rainymood goes really well with this song...
MrDominicMark 2 months ago
This dissonant harmony is so pleasant it hurts.
MrDominicMark 2 months ago 6
beaches love wetness.
jwa1151 2 months ago
Those of you who are under the impression that there are only 12 essential notes in music are actually quite wrong. Plenty of contemporary and modern composers make use of microtonal composition, which uses intervals of fourth-steps instead of half-steps and the use of quarter and three-quarter sharps and flats.
DaleR1825 2 months ago
What I want to know is how the alto sections that do this are able to hit that extremely low e flat on "fills".....
choralfreak8 3 months ago
@choralfreak8 We just got it like that ;) lol
Also the guys are singing an e as well so it doesn't have to be very loud.
poeticlove43 2 months ago
@choralfreak8 yeah i'm singing alto and don't know what to do there D:
newsong226 1 month ago
We are singing this in choir and will be competing with it in state.... Its such an amazing song to sing and listen to. Eric is a genius
chuppedup 3 months ago
This made me thirsty.
azahnd82 3 months ago 31
@azahnd82 made me need a piss!
viago2 2 weeks ago
this is one of the most beautiful things I've ever hear. I would blast this on a stereo over any song on the radio.
heylissette 3 months ago
This song is so incredible to sing! You can literally feel it...just amazing...and btw it is in fact 14 parts and technically there are only 12 notes in the world that are used in creating music. There are in fact doubled notes.
MrMayorCheezIII 3 months ago
@MrMayorCheezIII
That pretty much depends on what you mean by "part". When people spout off numbers of parts they usually don't count different octaves as the same note.
digama0 2 months ago
@MrMayorCheezIII technically, no. There are infinite number of notes. You can use ridiculous enharmonic spellings like G triple sharp... and it'd technically be a different note.
I know what youre saying though, that there are only 12 half-steps in an octave, ergo only 12 useful divisions... etc... just technically there are more than 12 nameable notes cause you can name them in crazy ways
ZamoXC 2 months ago
I absolutely love singing this song in chamber choir at my school.
jwa1151 3 months ago
I miss singing this song w/ my choir SO MUCH.
TheGirlofClay 3 months ago
I didn't even notice people were singing! lol...maybe I'm ignorant..it just sounded so smooth like a melody of just music.
annacoribioanna 4 months ago
The writer is Octavio Paz, he was inspired by his poem...and there is a beautiful story behind this song and Eric Whitacre's life during school. The info is in another Youtube video...just BEAUTIFUL!
annacoribioanna 4 months ago
I'm speechless.......I mean....wow...
TheCommonStrangerr 4 months ago
That was one of the most beautiful pieces and performances I have ever heard. Mesmerizing!
77smeagol 4 months ago
@cobbles56 Whitacre is like rich dark chocolate. It takes maturity and sophistication to appreciate. I wouldn't expect you to understand. Go back to Rebecca Black.
hmloughin 4 months ago 5
@hmloughin 18 people don't like dark chocolate. xD
singerdreamer0991 4 months ago
@hmloughin
unf which is why i love rich dark chocolate <3
Neekolassify 1 month ago
I get to sing this in my high school's chamber choir this year. I'm so excited :)
VictoriaAmberWilver 4 months ago
oh my. i don't think i have ever heard something so absolutely beautiful. that was incredible. wow.
slspartanlvr59 4 months ago
This song was so hard to sing!
ninjasylph 4 months ago
@ninjasylph nooo.. lol not if u can hear the harmony.. the notes are so compatiable.. well i didnt think it was.. i thought it was epic...
iloveredsox7020 4 months ago
@iloveredsox7020 well, what I should have emphasized was that there were a lot of inexperienced singers with me an they could not hold the high notes or stay on pitch to save their lives
ninjasylph 4 months ago
@ninjasylph ohh god! i know how that feels.. -_- ugh..!! lol it ruins the song when u have people who are inexperienced sing a much more advanced song.. but just being able to sing this song is an experience in its own.. i love eric whitacre
iloveredsox7020 4 months ago
I am 100 percent sure those 17 people accidentally pressed the dislike button. They will live with the guilt for the rest of there lives.
MusicIIV 4 months ago 3
@MusicIIV I pressed it because i thought it was tuneless crap with retarded lyrics which had they not been written on the boring accompanying video would of been impossible to comprehend from the offensive cochophony of squealing pigs that assulted my ears when i played this tripe.
cobbles56 4 months ago
This poem is actually by Octavio Paz and was translated to English by Muriel Rukeyser, for those who have commented, or wondered.
enilegnave21 4 months ago 20
i had to pee after listening to this.........
gymgirl2896 5 months ago 2
It sounds like he's writing about a kelpie. A mythical water horse that takes the form of a horse and kills its prey by luring them to the water and drowning them.
Azel1600 5 months ago 2
@Azel1600 My thoughts exactly. You're probably right.
Brown86Town 4 months ago
@Azel1600 wow.. maybe.. who knows.. nice connection though
iloveredsox7020 4 months ago
Pure Awesomery..
TheBishopSbali 5 months ago
I love 3:06 how they sing flowing. It really does flow. Breathtaking song, Eric Whitacre is amazing. Such beauty. Bravo
Jennalovesrainbows 5 months ago 2
I like Eric Whitacre, but I think his poetry tastes leave something to be desired. "Night with the eyes of a horse that trembles in the night?" Come on, people.
Still though, brilliant writing just in terms of the music.
Jimbothenoob 5 months ago
@Jimbothenoob I'm pretty sure he didn't write this, if that was what you meant. Myself, I do like the mystery of this poetry, because if it's taken seriously it really can be beautiful.
purplelurrple 4 months ago
My mind is blown
themrqwertymark 5 months ago
I really hope Eric does this for Virtual Choir 3.0!
CharlieBladeRemus 5 months ago 2
Ive listened to this song a million times. More half of that was this same exact video recording. However, I just read the description. This is my favorite video of the song and you say its "not AS interesting as others"?? No. That dont fly! ;) I love this one.
frogboy44 5 months ago
A thoroughly magical and soulful performance. Deeply moving.
JAnthony37 5 months ago
You only hear this stuff in a dream... how beautiful
tensax13 6 months ago
I enjoy arranging my own harmonies to his music by ear. This one is the most fun.
iBelongToNo1 6 months ago
ok...who the fuck disliked this?! i am going to snipe you.
ydna93 6 months ago
@ydna93 Way to ruin a soulful experience with vulgar language. :(
27jasepp 5 months ago
this was my favorite song we sang in my choir
thatplankguy 6 months ago
My first exposure to this man's work, but he appears to be an amazing composer.
pbj4toast 6 months ago
@pbj4toast Have you heard Nox Aurumque? My select choir sang it, and it made me cry each time. Out of this world beautiful, the lyrics and music are phenomenal!
xxryroluvxx 5 months ago
@xxryroluvxx No, I have not heard Nox Aurumque, but based on your recommendation I would like to hear it. I wonder if it is on You tube.
pbj4toast 5 months ago
@pbj4toast Definitely! There's actually a live performance conducted by Eric Whitacre, and the choir is amazing!
xxryroluvxx 5 months ago
Sang this at MIRIC this year.. Beautiful and amazing song.. Just.. Wow
basketballgirl126 6 months ago
beautiful...
joolzcj 6 months ago
I WAS THE 700TH LIKE! WOOT
Gulliman01 6 months ago
i cried wow
IronEvan 6 months ago
We sang this for my University Preporatory School Chapel Singers concert. We did amazing...but hearing these BYU singers blows me away...<3
SpontaneousKitty 7 months ago
I am learning this, and this is my second time learning Whitacre's composition. The previous one is Lux Aurumque. I am deeply indulged in the beautiful scene he created. Must work hard to overcome some bars and polish it to perfection before going to the stage :D
TheLordbarry 7 months ago
If you open your eyes, night opens doors of musk,
The secret kingdom of the water opens
Flowing from the center of the night.
Awesome awesome lyrics.
GraceMccThe1st 7 months ago 3
14 people are fucktards.
lalaura241 7 months ago
@lalaura241 Actually, 14 people (1 from each part, mind you) tried to sing this but just couldn't handle it.
brigmahf 6 months ago 4
14-part harmony. Me gusta.
MisterSpazzy 7 months ago 53
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xXMRxMIN3CR4FTXx 4 months ago
@MisterSpazzy I'm pretty sure it's not 14 parts... That would mean some of the parts would have to double each other..
SpaceSuitMan 3 months ago
@SpaceSuitMan There is a 14 part split on "If you open your eyes"
Dimebag719 3 months ago
@Dimebag719 Interesting.. ha
SpaceSuitMan 3 months ago
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SpaceSuitMan 3 months ago
@SpaceSuitMan yeah my chamber choir did this piece last year. It was a small choir so everyone had their own part. very difficult, but easily one of the most beautiful pieces ive ever done
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@Dimebag719 How though? there are only 8 notes in a scale and that's counting both Dos.. Technically that means that almost all the notes are doubled and aren't really harmonies because those are just octaves...
SpaceSuitMan 3 months ago
@SpaceSuitMan Not really. There are way more than 14 notes in this world. And yes, it is 14 parts
CardFire555 3 months ago
@SpaceSuitMan it's actually 15-part on some sections. and yeah, it seems impossible. our soprano section splits into 5 parts.
sharonasiana 3 months ago
@sharonasiana you are correct: the parts needed are Soprano 1,2,3,4,5; Alto 1,2,3,4; Tenor 1,2,3; and Bass 1,2,3
jgalt8997 3 months ago
@sharonasiana no it's not 15 parts. If you're talking about the chord (not really a chord) at the beginning of measure 34, it's most definitely 14... Or the other section 'in flows forward" measure 48.. its still 14. haha. no worries.
ZamoXC 2 months ago
This is so Beautiful and Epic! I hope we sing a piece From Eric for UIL
NLRev 7 months ago
Sang this with Concordia Choir this year, amazing piece that seemed to bring us together very well and the dissonance is just gorgeous.
91jpullins 7 months ago
This was the first Whitacre song I ever heard. I was immediately so engrossed that I didn't even notice it had started to snow, though I was looking out the window.
sininenfithrildi 7 months ago
I go to other videos to listen to other choirs singing this piece and then I always find myself coming back to this choir and this version. It's just sublime.
rippinsteo 7 months ago
I sang this in college 13 years ago. I can see from the comments that this piece is still popular with young people. I suppose that's the hallmark of great music; it lasts generations.
lordsxman 8 months ago 4
1:24 just makes me feel wonderful.
poopr1221 8 months ago
This is my favorite song.
which is kind of sad
but seriously this is the most beautiful song that has ever been written.
coolmj308 8 months ago
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SuperFlashDriver 8 months ago
this is what will be playing when we go to heaven
IM19941 8 months ago 3
This is truly the music of heaven on earth.
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kapilakaliu 8 months ago
At our State Choir Festival, My high school SATB choir sang this, and we got a perfect score. :) This is by far my favorite song I've sung in choir. Absolutely breathtaking.
mca2793 8 months ago
@mca2793 Me too. I wish my high school could sing this song someday. but for now, I'm in 8th grade and I love this song; Even when I'm not singing this in chorus.
SuperFlashDriver 8 months ago
@SuperFlashDriver I hope you get to sing it someday!
mca2793 8 months ago
@mca2793 Yeah, I guess. :) I don't know what's gonna happen in my high school, but I'm sure that someday they'll take it and let us practice it. But I don't really know, since I love to sing AND play all @ the same or different times.
SuperFlashDriver 8 months ago
@mca2793 Yeah. I hope so too. :)
SuperFlashDriver 8 months ago
@mca2793 I'm pretty sure you go to my school... hahaha not to be creepin'.
coolmj308 8 months ago
@coolmj308 Haha yep! And we know each other, too! I looked at your channel and I knew it from the Joshua Radin (the BEST), not to mention your name! It's Marissa, haha. Glad we both love Whitacre, too!
mca2793 8 months ago
I could probably talk about this song for an hour and about all the things this choir did right that I really really like. Instead I'll just leave it as this. I sang this song and it changed my entire view on choral music. Truly an amazing piece both to hear and perform.
julian1000 9 months ago
2:38-3:18
favorite part. it gives me chills and makes me smile at the same time.
polkadotpanda33 9 months ago
Weber State Universities' Choir sung this at my school last week. They had us turn off the lights, they gave me chills!
MckayBox 9 months ago
Open your eyes......and the night will bring forth the memories you so dear cherish. Close your eyes........and the memories will remain in your soul forever.
85yourface 9 months ago 2
if u ever need an exapmle of dissonece.. here is the song.. i just doscovred this man today.. and i can tell u he is now my favrite composer of all time..just listen to the harmony.. it pure freedom and imaginstion.. simply amazing.. brought me to tears
iloveredsox7020 9 months ago
lord of the rings should of had this...
i always think of something so epic when i hear this
BrownSkyBlueDirtBAND 9 months ago
feels SO GOOD to SING
SingInTune 9 months ago 3
irony. the dissonance sounds so harmonized. it's beautiful.
drumlinejoey 9 months ago
I just got to do this piece as part of a 50 person choir, and it was unbelievable. i'll never forget it.
Spinachflower 9 months ago
I...I think I just cried.
LordVator 9 months ago
Do this guy a favor and buy this song
AlphaJace 9 months ago
beautiful. this is my first time listening to this kind of music..at my age (seventeen) I am usually exposed to mainstream garbage but upon finding this piece I am rethinking my preferences as well as my surroundings as a whole.
This is beautiful.
SarahJama 9 months ago 5
awsome!!! Briught tears to my eyes.
filliega2010 9 months ago
This is the one of the best choral numbers I have heard in a very long time. Beautifully done.
michaelenelson 9 months ago
our high school's chambers singers is doing this song :)
anniedizzle44 9 months ago
An arts magnet high school choir I worked with did this some years ago. They surrounded the auditence in a mixed formation and did it with the lights of the theatre off. Time stood still. The choir and the piece were amazing...
brolobear 9 months ago 2
Whitacre could remix "friday" and make it sound like the most beautiful thing ever.
Dakorok 9 months ago 79
Whitacre wrote this piece in 45 minutes. What. A. Boss.
Flameman2448 9 months ago 8
Absolutely beautiful and cathartic. The BYU Singers sing it flawlessly as usual
dman17241 10 months ago
im listening this song under rain.
MrJesszilla321 10 months ago 3
I have goosebumps. This is a beautiful piece of music! I have my speakers turned up as high as they can be to hear all of the harmonies, but still it's not enough; I wish I could be there, fully surrounded by the beaty of this music.
Eric Whitacre truly is a musical mastermind.
Firemoonsoul 10 months ago 4
My conversation with my choir director
"Adam, would you want to do 'Water Night' in choir this year?"
"Was that a rhetorical question?"
spamodell 10 months ago
@spamodell I think that your music director should do this song. Cause I gotta say that both Roy Todd AND Eric Whitacre are GREAT composers.
SuperFlashDriver 9 months ago
these lyrics are somethin'!
reshmamir86 10 months ago
it is actually a wonderful piece, but it makes you sad, especially at the end. You just want to close your eyes and go beneath all those sounds.
carloCGN 10 months ago 3
@carloCGN Dive into the current of the night, if you will.
jamieboyrockon 10 months ago
this is the best version I've heard of this song.
I love the fact that the soprano doesn't stand out that much as in other recordings
margotlorena1 10 months ago 3
whoops,I mean't "movies" not moves.
SuperFlashDriver 10 months ago
We did this for Concert Choir last year. I'm proud to say, that we were just as amazing... hitting that kind of harmony... is SOOOO blissful. :)
electricblueyes530 10 months ago
@electricblueyes530 I applaud you for finishing and performing this piece. Are you talking about a high school or college choir. I have heard some spectacular high school choirs, but not one with this wide a range for the basses, this clear a sound, and this superior production of the harmonic overtones. Those golden harmonic tones are just mentally dissolving. That said, beautiful piece when done even with not-quite-master singers.
Icyveins906 10 months ago
Man, If this was in the moves, everyone would've cried if someone passed away that was based on true events.
SuperFlashDriver 10 months ago
I love Whiti-Chords! :) this and When David Heard equals best music on earth.
alwaysbored5293 10 months ago 2
This is what musicians call an eargasm
such beautiful dissonance..
ChoirChica8316 10 months ago 2
Click to listen 0.00ne more time! =)
I cannot stop listening it. This is... incredible... I have no words for say it.
danign96 10 months ago