Bliss

[crazywales]

I like his a lot choral music eg 'Sleep', but i'm afraid i find his electronic music very disappointing. it sort of reminded me of dance music which you get in places like ibiza... very generic sorry.

[crazywales]

@crazywales *I like a lot of his*

[jtayy1]

I'd really like to get the sheet music to this. That tenor part, yesssss

[majnadel]

saw this at carnegie hall and it was amazing

[adulyadej]

wow sounds like an ost of an rpg game ^_^ hope to hear Mr. Whitacre do compositions for games someday.

[mlr2107]

Saw this at Walt disney hall in july, most epic musical concert i've ever seen in my life. Go see it when he tours with it again...it's mindblowing, like this finale!

[pageturner95]

Oh if only I could see this live...come to SF!!

[Tiffelle96]

This gave me the chills and I love it! :D

[LuxAurumque]

So, this is where that new arrival from Lux Aurumque came from...this is gorgeous.

[Pollux4814]

Four people forgot to turn their speakers on.

[nerdtreble]

I just had the pleasure over the summer of being apart of the Paradise Lost show in Disney Concert Hall, and this song was SO beautiful and moving to perform with such talented performers, if you ever get an opportunity to do a show with Eric, DO IT, it is pretty much the most amazing experiences you could ever have :)

[ColinJackson69]

@nerdtreble I was there too.... absolutely incredible experience.

[nerdtreble]

@ColinJackson69 wasnt it! what part were you singing??

[ColinJackson69]

@nerdtreble Tenor 1 >.< which would be soprano by any other composers standards. Seriously, working with Whitacre and singing tenor 1 increased my range significantly.

[nerdtreble]

@ColinJackson69 I was 2nd alto, and it was super high too!!!!!!!! I think when he says he favors altos, he really means he hates us haha, he rights so high!!!!! our final note was like crazy high!

[drumnbass91]

Whitacre just kicked Ticheli in the groin.

[MadisonMarieigh]

i get to perform this with my choir this summer and i have never been so excited for something in my life :D

[trumpeteer777]

@MadisonMarieigh we did that last summer it was amazing and me and friend that was there were good friends with eric whitacre now :DDDD

[TechonStage]

I'm singing this in LA in June! Can't wait! and @Monetspoppy, I'm not sure if we're supposed to share the sheet music since he is always changing and editing it, until there is a final edition, I think we're not supposed to share it or show people, or at least that was my understanding from my director, but I can check! Some of the pages in our score say first, second, third, draft, but no final draft markings.

[mevansmusic]

@TechonStage see u there :)

[xxthelostartsxx]

Paradise Lost debuted in Germany in 2003, North America's Premier was at California State University Northridge on February 11, 2003. If you see this at Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday June 25th 2011 at 8PM, dress to the 9's! After the show at Northridge Eric personally thanked everyone who still dressed nicely for a performance.

[foll0048]

I saw this in 2007 in Passadena for their first showing and I can't even begin to describe how incredibly well done the entire production was. I walked out that night on clouds. I'd would see this over and over

[maestroskillz]

Eric Whitacre meets Deadmau5.

[nomnomnomsable]

I could imagine heaven's gates slowly opening to this...

[1tlamm]

I had the pleasure of seeing this in Chicago this week and I must say it was one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

[shoot100strait]

@1tlamm JEALOUS!!!!! haha

[ericscott8]

where can I find more?

[JakeCKrug]

Words cannot describe the sheer amounts of awesome emanating from this. So excited to sing it!

[monetspoppy]

@JakeCKrug you have sheet music??? :) or know of somewhere to get a hard copy of this song??

[catawbagirl07]

singing this in March in Chicago!!! YEAH!!!!

[jordanclifton]

Can't wait to be apart of this amazing piece of work.

[jordanclifton]

Can't wait to be apart of this amazing piece of work.

[gabster1218]

I shall be in Chicago singing this as well! Epically awesome

[NCollins89]

Going to be singing in his choir at the Chicago ACDA performance! Can't wait!

[PreciousEarthquakes2]

Shame I don't live by Chicago anymore!!! I have been wanting to see this for YEARS!!!!! Come perform at the Tucson music hall!

[TheChroomeee]

Paradise lost is coming to Roosevlet Theatre in Chicago... I am EXTATIC about it... I am also crazily obsessed with this song!!!!

[Silasbenjamin]

Where can I find ANY of this music to download...I don't care if they're only song fragments. I have to hear as much as I can get my hands on.

[thatonemusickid]

Love this!

[schroder01]

This really needs to be longer, some were around 10 minutes

[MiraSekelsky]

he's coming over to England to be visiting professor at Cambridge for a term! Let's hope he writes some stuff like this for the college choir!

[supermegsavestheday]

I can't even explain how it felt to perform that on stage. It was just absolutely amazing. The entire show. But this had to be one of the most moving pieces.

[supermegsavestheday]

@itsmrGuy Same here :D

[LuxAurumque02000]

Where can i download a recording!!

[ahryko]

Is the soloist Hila Plitmann?

[supermegsavestheday]

@ahryko Yes

[legacya90]

@ahryko yes it its :) isn't she absolutely amazing?

[ahryko]

@legacya90 Both she and Eric Whitacre are indeed absolutely amazing. :)

[TaylorDelVecchio]

This song is my favorite of all we've received so far.

I'm so excited for 061510!

[ps3stewie]

@TaylorDelVecchio My school chorus is going there and singing in that.

I win :D

[huggylove1]

christ! he obviously needs to stick to choral only works!

[tykun101]

@huggylove1

lol...what? i'm sorry but i have to say he is incredibly versatile; the first music he worked with was electronica anyway. he only became a choral composer in college.

[rhapsodyinblue18]

@tykun101

if by "versatile" you mean using the same chords over and over again in every composition, then yes.

but that doesn't mean it can't be really awesome every time. ^_^

[boomer228282]

this is so gnarly!! cant wait to sing june 15 <3

[kutipi234]

I also have my tickets!!!! I am so excited BEYOND belief!

[andyrocken]

To answer peoples question: This is not the full recording. The song is being kept under close supervision. I am going to be part of the "Angels" or background singers and we're not really allowed to take the music out of our practice rooms...

[strawberrykiwi24]

me too! see you june 15! :)

[narutofangrl]

Same here.

[zaitht]

Love it. Have tiks already to the Carnegie Hall show on June 15th. Can't wait!

[Dawnrunner42]

What's taking them with the release of the full recording?

[gabrielcorneliusiii]

not showin up till after the concert in June. He's bein really secure about all of this stuff and I'm surprised this is even up here... nevertheless :D

[legacya90]

@Dawnrunner42 there's copyright stuff they have to deal with and he's changed it quite a bit since the west coast premiere in Pasadena.

[SilverAgeSupes]

Incredible! This is the last piece in the opera? Does anyone know where I can listen to all of the music from Paradise Lost? Eric Whitacre can do no wrong!

[ghostxxxrebirth]

holy shit! amazing! epic! words can't even describe this!

[xoxoluvcrisxoxo]

i sang this in his honor choir when he came to LA. even before the opera came out. i still have the original sheet music

[dharmarogue]

is this the whole song? it seems pretty short. nonetheless, amazing and divine. :)

[Barbershop666]

DUDE. Fucking KUDOS for uploading this. Yessss

[CooochMcGoooch]

So disappointing this has so few views. One of the most beautiful pieces I've heard.

[Daylen007]

I've listened to this song so many times and it never gets old. It is really hard to find anywhere though. Very good job. Techno and Eric Whitacre, 2 of my favorite music choices :)

[narutofangrl]

@Daylen007 -- I'm singing this for him at Carnegie this summer. It's epic to learn and epic to hear. Eric + techno definetley rocks.

[borne4broadway]

@narutofangrl Hey, I'm going there too!!!! See you at rehearsals, I suppose! What voice part are you? I'm a soprano 2, myself.

[narutofangrl]

@borne4broadway I'm an Alto 2. It's gonna be a blast! Our bus leaves at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, but so worth it.

[bmwalshe]

pretty awesome dude 7*

[tsunamipanda05]

Lux Aurumque and Techno, never saw that one coming.

[acsc1312]

EPIC

[chcknpie04]

you should post the rest of the songs!

[LiquidIntellect]

Amazing piece of trance!