Water Night

[xxballerxx12312]

this shit is so stupid

[Ronnie2839]

Amazing.

[cherrysoda72]

WHY IS IT CUT OFF?! aaaah so good i cant believe i couldnt hear the end. this sucks.

[sandtigerzero]

i can totally head bang to this

[cartomsX3]

all that was said was oh my gosh

this is why im going to be a composer

[squishysag4]

i love 1:50 when the basses drop way down, incredible song!!!

[chucktownboi843]

GOD I love 2:42!!! I listen to this like 10000000000000 times a day! Especially when Im mad or stress. It helps a lot

[DeckChimp]

And if you close your eyes, a river; a silent and beautiful current, fills you from within. Flows forward, forward, darkens you. Night brings it's wetness to beaches in your soul.

That part makes the song. Can you please make a video without the cutoff?

[superman84241]

ok its sweet...but makes the song...you did hear the epic 14 part split didnt you?

[YellowCakeKid]

@superman84241 thats nothin. his "when david heard" has some intense action in it. pretty much a string of grapes all the way down from the top line of the staff

[superman84241]

@YellowCakeKid oh im aware, ive sepnt many time going over the oddesy in that song lol, the resolves at the all the "my son" parts is just text book perfect

[Xatain]

Such a great song, but I'm sad the last part was cut-off. Good job Tenori, those high Ab's are a BITCH to get to :)

[jachoo146]

love this song!!!! gorgeous!!! i sang it at region chorus this last weekend

[wefasdf23]

Only images of nature can reflect the spirituality of this piece.

[crazyfriend190]

we sang this song and it is my favorite song to sing ever!!! :D it was simple yet very sweet to sing. great job on the music video

[Ghost096]

dang ur missing like a minute to about 2 min of this piece

[Ghost096]

this piece was one of the hardest ive done besides cloudburst but it is simply beautiful. i think it would sound alot better if they slowed down a bit

[hypurbeing]

booo they cut off the end of it

[iPachi18]

AHHH SOO GOOOOOOD :D... can someone tell me if 3:00 is from somewhere??... or am i just hearing things.. ._.

[Maeths]

@ bddyjoel: It's a cluster on an F# lydian scale (raised 4th). The distance between the lower parts are somewhat larger (think root, 5th, 3rd, in that order), giving the chord a sort of basic F# major feel at the base, and above that just every note in the scale, almost, up to F#2. Yeah, I cheated with a piano. ;)

Of course, dunno if the score says F# or Gb.

[spiffyzgrrl07]

We sung this song my Senior year n my Chamber Choir class..lol...we werent this good tho=[

[MedZeppelin334]

I'm pretty sure it's every note in the Db major scale spanned across eight voice parts.

[heavensomewhere]

yea, 14 parts actually

[MedZeppelin334]

Your right, it is 14

[geetarlover4]

Holy Crap. 14. That's amazing.

[hypurbeing]

yes.. even more amazing when you get to pull it off =]

[bddyjoel]

what is the chord at 2:43

so good!

[JazzyPhay15]

simply beautiful but post the whole song plz thanx

[yuehchopin]

Die Musik ist noch nicht fertig. leider,

sonst sehr gut!

[trekkie102]

Everytime I listen to this, I get chills.

[BonneNuitMonCheri]

I'm immensely upset that part of the song is missing...

While I enjoy polyphony's interpretation of "Sleep" better than I like BYU's, this is my favorite version of this song. The balance and blend are magical.

[gohawks880]

i love eric whitacre

[roxfanatic]

I think they needed to speed up the climax just a little bit.

[Bredders41]

Eric Whitacre is directing in this recording.

[Bredders41]

Eric Whitacre is conducting in this recording...

[jbwooten89]

ohhhhhh slap yo face! :D

[cococrazy36]

isn't it cutoff at the end?

[xxAnimefreaksxx]

This is such a beatiful song. Its so modern and diffrent.Thats what makes it unique. I'm in chours and we heard this and I was completely amazed by its gracefulness.

[JazzyPhay15]

i love it at 2:39 to the end its the climax and BEST part!

[kixuloz]

erik whitacre is absolute genious. to be able to put into words and better yet write music that with such a passion and and aura about it as to make a rock cry, sows the power of music. his abilites, but more so muisc in general gives us the slightest taste of heaven. glorious. i cant wait till i can be apart of something so beautiful that words in the english language lacks words to discribe. but blessed we are to have that problem

[mangakareikiartist]

its funny, because the lyrics in the song arent written by whitacre, nor are they originally in english. They are originally from a poem by octavio paz. they are in spanish.

[LostGentlemen]

god u are so smart...

[NikkoFiore]

This is beautiful T-T WMEA All-State sang this today, and we took it a little slower than this, but I think this is the best tempo for the song. I love how all the parts are so evenly balanced.

[Grizzli14]

Our high school choir is singing this. At our last competition in Indiana somewhere, a judge gave the note "too fluid" lol

[kwonsw]

This isn't by Polyphony.. its by BYU

[gohawks880]

this is such an insane song. I mean, Eric whitacre uses a 14 part chord a few times! His music will definatly be sung 100+ years from now. You have to do it correctly to be good though. i would definatly get the full version and repost the vid! Good job to truncatedslinky and Whitacre!!

[EvolutionIsntATheory]

Check Eric's Myspace (there's like 3 of them that could have it) for the full version.

[dalia008]

it's gorgeous! but where is the rest of the song!! im dying to hear it! we're singing it in our choir right now and I want to hear the ending of it soo badly i've heard other recordings of it but this is by far the most amazing one

[swevfds]

go to itunes they have the full version for 99 cents

[tCrOMez1990]

We just sang this in Nj All- State choir and it was amazing, maybe i'll put it on here when i get the CD

[doormatttttttt]

Oh snap I was there too! Dr. Ford?

[youyouooxx]

geez where's the whole version of this piece i'm dying to hear the last two pages... esp. the part of "IF You open your eyes of a river.."

[choirnerd101]

i have this recording. even though it has no word emphasis, you can hear the overtones clearly and it never ceases to amaze me. i've seen the original music and it splits into fourteen parts! this always relaxes me no matter what, so thank you for having this recording!

[Footballgolfer]

That is correct, I have sang this and it splits into 14 parts... Its crazy but when done correctly it sounds really good.

[dahorn07]

Sang by BYU Singers i believe

[quaz4eva]

oh dear. the last part of the song??? haha can i have the mp3 for this??? email me quaz4eva [@] gmail [.] com thanks a lot!

[flowersonmyhat]

It's by poliphony, I believe. I'll try to send you the file in the next couple of days.

[quaz4eva]

thanks so much! i love the effect of the moon in the beginning also. i'm putting it on my blog. heh. thanks once again! :)

[ExVash]

Actually, flowersonmyhat, this is the version performed by the BYU Choir, which is absolutely stunning. I feel that Polyphony's techinique of vibrato at climactic passages takes away from the timbre of Eric Whitacre. That being said, I still give mad props to both choirs for being absolutely amazing.

[doormatttttttt]

This one is actually by BYU. :)

[quaz4eva]

hey who is the choir that sang this recording of Water Night? i absolutely love this song! have been searching around youtube for a good recording, and your seems to sound really clean and "magical" .. who are the voices behind it????

[doormatttttttt]

BYU singers.

[schneidz124]

good job with this!

[Protoman61]

Very nice! Loved the music. :)

[njjkidd5]

cool

Crazy: at 2:49 2:50 there's a face

and it's mouth is wide open like in anguish

[njjkidd5]

cool

Crazy: at 2:49 2:50 there's a face

and it's mouth is wide open like in anguish