Eternity In An Hour

Name: Eternity In An Hour
Brand: Eric Whitacre
Price: 45.99 USD
Availability: PreOrder

Eric Whitacre

$45.99

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Format: Vinyl Lp
Label: Decca
Catalog #: 248830
Discs: 2
UPC: 028948723232
Genre: Classical, Classical Vocals

Eric Whitacre - "Eternity in an Hour". Eric Whitacre presents the album, Eternity in an Hour, a 60-minute work inspired by William Blake's poem, Auguries of Innocence. Eric conducts the work which combines his first love of electronica and synthesizers, with his choir, the Eric Whitacre Singers, strings and piano. This album explores the connection between the opening line "To see a world in a grain of sand" and granular synthesis. Eric even 'grainified' the poetry, taking slivers of each line for each movement, where only those words are sung. It is a culmination of Eric's life as a musician. Identifying as a long time 'synth nerd,' Eric uses the raw, mystical sound of the Lyra-8 synthesizer, alongside a Tasacm 424 tape recorder, whilst playing all the piano parts on his grandmother's 125-year-old piano, the sound of his childhood. 2LP set.

Track list 8

11.1 I. To See a World
21.2 II. In a Grain of Sand
32.1 III. And a Heaven
42.2 IV. In a Wild Flower
53.1 V. Hold Infinity
63.2 VI. In the Palm of Your Hand
74.1 VII. And Eternity
84.2 VIII. In an Hour