When David Heard A Cappella

Eric Whitacre has become a musical sensation across the globe. His new chart-topping CD release Water Night comes hot on the heels of his Grammy award-winning album Light and Gold.Water Night is an inspiring collection showcasing a mixture of sacred and secular choral pieces. The album is here presented as perfectly engraved sheet music for the most discerning choral connoisseur andperformer. New works such as the beautiful Alleluia and the ethereal Oculi omnium rub shoulders with earlier Eric Whitacre classics including the epic When David Heard and theever-popular title track: Water Night in a perfect showcase of Whitacre???s powerful choral writing.

Many famous composers have set the heart-wrenching text of King David's weeping over the death of his son Absalom. Burchard's setting is powerful and stirring and will not disappoint singer or listener. Originally released in SATB divisi and selected for the Bruce Rogers Choral Series the brilliance of this composition is in the musical suspensions that capture the emotions so completely. Appropriate for college and advanced male choirs.