Popular choral composer and conductor Eric Whitacre shares Christmas favorites with co-host Brian Newhouse. In this one-hour program, he introduces the music and describes the often-colorful backstory of how each piece came to be.
Program playlist:
Whitacre: Little Tree
— Brigham Young University Singers; Ronald Staheli, conductor
Whitacre: Glow
— Eric Whitacre Singers; Eric Whitacre, conductor
Whitacre: Winter
— The Choral Project
Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
— Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
Poulenc: Hodie
— Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
— Eric Whitacre Singers; Eric Whitacre, conductor
Whitacre: Lux Aurumque (wind band version)
— North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporan, conductor
Whitacre: Lux Nova
— Eric Whitacre Singers; Eric Whitacre, conductor
Whitacre: The Chelsea Carol
— Eric Whitacre Singers; Eric Whitacre, conductor