Eric Discusses the Five Hebrew Love Songs

[themrqwertymark]

I have his same phone ring!!! LOL

[mlr2107]

i'm jealous.......damnit lol

[wangkarnal]

love the absolute awe in your face Eric :~)

[cobijanssens]

Hello I am a soprano from Holland and I heared your songs. In october I am giving a concert with piano and violin and I realy want to perform your lovesongs. Thank you for charing this beautiful music. Cobi Bregman - Janssens

[paddy1103]

Sie sind schon süß zusammen!

[LonelyLove483]

My choir did the five hebrew love songs and we enjoyed every minute of it .... We all couldnt wait to practice it over and over ...... its very beautiful

[JJBRMusic]

Wow, Wow,wow,wow,wow,wow. Eric's Wife wrote the poems??? That is freaking amazing. :D

[2KarlyDanielle2]

I love how he always says "Uh, hey gang, Eric Whitacre here." I'm in love.

[oslin1]

Beautiful!!!

[songsterNJC]

*never had love

[songsterNJC]

It almost makes me wonder what his songs would be like if he never love like this. They're just beautiful together!

[PunkRockLostie815]

Hahaha how perfectly helpful. Thanks Eric!

[fresianhorses108]

Seeing them together: the beautiful, unimaginably talented singer with the beautiful, angelically gifted composer makes me so incredibly happy and so jealous at the same time. If only all people could find such settled perfection in their lives...

[birthControlxlipglos]

performing this on friday! im so excited, its such a beautiful piece with so much love in it.

[SnowyNov]

They are so cute!!! The wife is prettier without all the make-up in the concert videos! ^^

[zirtavia]

He GIGGLED after she read the first one.

Eric Whitacre just GIGGLED.

[indiemuse81]

@zirtavia i'm singing under his direction right now through DCINY and i cannot tell you how many times he's giggled. he's like the pillsbury dough boy.

[zirtavia]

@indiemuse81 Oh my god, that's so adorable =D

What are you singing?? =)

[indiemuse81]

@zirtavia Lux, sleep, seal lullaby, city and the sea, five Hebrew love songs, animal crackers 1 & 2, and what if :)

[YazziB15]

@indiemuse81 The "Pillsbury dough boy" comment just made me laugh and smile like crazy for 15 minutes! How fortunate you are to be under his direction!

[pageturner95]

@zirtavia ...and when he giggled, an angel was born

[zirtavia]

So cute so cute so cute OMG so cute!!

[gingerrmo]

the hebrew is so beautiful!

[schillia]

omg you guys are like SO into each other. adorbs. ;)

[baseballplusrock]

eric, your phone's ringing.

ah he can take a message

[yoonyeseo12]

What a romantic and happy couple~!

[animelover2351]

i love this piece my choir is doing it for our october concert its incredible

[mokayhi]

you guys are amazing!

[DrizzitDudden02]

I must say that you, Eric, are truly an amazing arranger and these pieces are a testament to that. I would say though, that your transliteration from the original Hebrew appears to be designed for a high school choir and doesn't accurately reflect the true pronunciation of the language. Also this video could have been great, but Hila spoke way too fast and way too quiet. I know you won't redo anything just for me, but I just thought you might like to know. Apart from this though I am a huge fan.

[robertchoward]

I love the video! I look forward to conducting this fine work in Spring of 2010. I will definitely send my students to this site. All the best, Robert

[butchiechihuahualove]

Thank you soo much for the pronounciation for the words! These are such lovely songs and I'm sooo excited to sing with my choir this summer at Lincoln Center with you Eric!

[laneharder]

Is there not a pronunciation guide in the score?

[slowabby13]

I'm in 10th grade and my chours class is singing Five Hebrew Love Songs. It is so hard but I love the songs. This is great help ~^_^~

[icecreamTree]

yeah we all pronounced 'tum' [toom] at first lol

[Ravensinger]

This is so wonderful!! We are preparing to perform these soon and I am truly loving this work! Thank you both for this! For the record, Lux Arumque is the most amazing piece and has moved me greatly! Thank you for that gift.

[inrharmony]

Eric,

Thanks for this, and for the lovely songs. Our chorus will be doing these later this month, and if I can get through the second one with dry eyes, it will be a miracle!!!

Dan

[RedHeadedBelle]

my high school chamber choir sang these songs last year for contest! they were wonderfully gorgeous, and my choir director, Nathan Rudolph, is a HUGE fan of yours, and he absolutely rubbed off on all of us. thank you for putting such passion into your work.

[shaylybri]

aw he loves her so much, you can really tell! god bless them both, they are so perfect and wonderful.

[fipster102]

Even her speaking voice is magical and musical.  I love how you giggle after every poem, Eric. You two are perfect!

[YoungbloodG]

Yep... though I'd say Eric is pretty damned hot too! Great to have the resource of his wife speaking these poems... Thanks for the posting!

[originalpie]

Thank you! It would be great to hear you talk even more about this work.

[cainanuk]

Hila is HOT!