| Orchestra or Band | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) |
| Set List | 'Water Night', Whitacre (Orchestra),
'Orawa', Kilar (Orchestra),
'A Boy and a Girl', Whitacre (Choir),
'Five Hebrew Love Songs', Whitacre (Orchestra, Choir),
'20th Centry Fox Fanfare', Newman, arr. Rickard (Orchestra, Choir),
'Godzilla Eats Las Vegas', Whitacre, arr. Newman (Orchestra, Choir),
'Bach Again (Come Away Sweet Death)', J S Bach, arr. London (Choir),
'Bachianus Americanus', Whitacre,
'Deep Field' Whitacre (Orchestra, Choir, Audience app) |
| Performance Notes | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is thrilled to be joined by Grammy Award-winning American choral composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, who has been taking the classical music world by storm, for a resplendent evening of spine-tingling music.
This ethereal concert, featuring the choral talents of the City of London Choir, includes some of his greatest choral works, such as the groundbreaking Deep Field, which caused a sensation at the 2015 BBC Proms and for which the audience is invited to activate a special mobile phone app during the performance and add to the shimmering tranquillity of his music.
World premiere of 'Bachianus Americanus', Whitacre.
During the final piece the choirs moved off stage and divided into groups to sing from the stalls stairs around the arena.
The event included an interval. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2017/35),
Poster (RAHE/2/2017/16),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2017/24) |