Eric Whitacre

[Kugayama]

I was slightly surprised to find that no-one had posted about Eric Whitacre's music.

He appears to be one of the best living composers of choral music.

Have a listen to Water Night performed by the Gondwana Chorale (and yes, the step-daughter is in it, 1:25 in this clip):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX7_UgdmDIg

See also his wikipedia article and own web site http://ericwhitacre.com/

 

[Kugayama]

Another clip I found yesterday is of "Leonardo dreams of his flying machine", posted here:

http://forum.canta-per-me.net/threa...s-music-from-an-absent-film.3803/#post-258468

 

[Kugayama]

A young composer with some influence from Eric Whitacre is Josh Belperio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCEHXoAyifg