Composers

Eric Whitacre

Higher, Faster, Stronger (2012)
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 First performance 29 August 2012 at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC Singers, Eric Whitacre Singers, ensemblebash (percussion) and Christopher Glynn (piano), conducted by the composer.
Publisher
Chester Music Ltd
Category
Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
Year Composed
2012
Duration
8 Minutes
Soloist
Soprano
Orchestration
triple SATB chorus/3perc/pf
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Vocal Score:  CH80289-01  
  Full Score:  CH80421
  Set of Parts:  CH80421-02

Programme Note
Eric Whitacre Higher, Faster, Stronger (2012)
Inspired by the Olympic motto ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ (Faster, Higher, Stronger), I collaborated
with my close friend, poet and historian Charles Anthony Silvestri to source the perfect text - an
Olympian ode:

Best of all things is water;
but gold, like a gleaming fire by night,
outshines all pride of wealth beside …
Pindar (c.522–443 BC)

These lines are sung in Latin by solo soprano through the central section, almost as a prayer:

Praestantissima quidem est aqua,
et aurum, ardens ignis velut nocte,
fulget superbas, inter divitas.

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Performances
Date
Title
  • 29 AUG 2012
    BBC Proms 2012
    Royal Albert Hall, London
    BBC Singers & Eric Whitacre Singers
    Eric Whitacre, conductor




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