The "sacred veil" described in the poetry here is the line between the worlds of birth and death, and the texts of this choral song cycle by Charles Anthony Silvestri describe the cancer death of Silvestri's wife, Julie, in harrowing detail in a series of 12 pieces. Silvestri and composer Eric Whitacre, longtime friends, shaped the music as Silvestri's poems emerged, as he struggled over some years to come to terms with his feelings. Most could be called spiritual but not religious. The Sacred Veil is notable simply as one ...
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The "sacred veil" described in the poetry here is the line between the worlds of birth and death, and the texts of this choral song cycle by Charles Anthony Silvestri describe the cancer death of Silvestri's wife, Julie, in harrowing detail in a series of 12 pieces. Silvestri and composer Eric Whitacre, longtime friends, shaped the music as Silvestri's poems emerged, as he struggled over some years to come to terms with his feelings. Most could be called spiritual but not religious. The Sacred Veil is notable simply as one of the most deeply personal pieces of concert music heard in quite some time. Yet there is more to its profound effect than this. Whitacre responds to the texts with a sober language akin to but quite distinct from his usual style, something like the dark language cultivated by Renaissance composers for the requiem mass and other serious texts. It generally sticks to his usual common-practice tonality, introducing some striking dissonances at climactic moments. Whitacre's music is...
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