Light, warm and heavy as pure gold. . . and the angels sing softly to the newborn baby. – Eric Whitacre, “Lux Aurumque” The Walt Whitman High School Chamber Choir performs Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque.” Jeffrey Davidson, director; Nikki Massoud, soloist. Recorded in 2006 in Bethesda, Maryland. Images: Photos of choir and director from the WWHS Music Department website: waltwhitmanmusic.org. Other images angels, Gustave Doré, “Divine Comedy,” Anna Thompson, from the film of “Angels in America”; sun, NASA; newborn babies, soulprintsphotography, mikophotography, and iriscreationsphotography. All images used solely for noncommercial, illustrative purposes.
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@Japeter2000 I gotcha, I gotcha.
@jamieboyrockon Yeah, but the piercing purity of the soprano is one of the main attractions, in my mind.
Very, very well done! Gotta say at the beginning, the Soprano I’s seemed a bit over-powering. I know that’s pretty much how all of Eric’s works go, but, eh. Overall, it was great, definitely one of the top ten performances of Lux I’ve heard.
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