CWU Chamber Choir: Gjeilo - "Across The Vast, Eternal Sky"
Video Information
- Choir: CWU Chamber Choir
- Piece: Across the Vast Eternal Sky
- Composer: Ola Gjeilo
- Conductor: Gary Weidenaar
- Voices: SATB
- Genres: Classical
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"Across the Vast, Eternal Sky" (Gjeilo) performed by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director), the Kairos String Quartet, and Ola Gjeilo (piano).
In May, 2013, composer Ola Gjeilo spent 3 days on the Centra... more"Across the Vast, Eternal Sky" (Gjeilo) performed by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director), the Kairos String Quartet, and Ola Gjeilo (piano).
In May, 2013, composer Ola Gjeilo spent 3 days on the Central Washington University Campus, joining the choir in recording 4 of his pieces. This performance is from that session.
The other pieces were "Sanctus" for a cappella choir, and "Luminous Night of the Soul", accompanied by the composer at the piano and joined by the Kairos Quartet -- the resident faculty string quartet at CWU.
The final piece, "Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages", was recorded both in an unaccompanied rendition (how it is written and published) and in a version with Mr. Gjeilo improvising an accompaniment to the choir.
This was Ola's second time on CWU's campus. His first visit was in the spring of 2011 and yielded 5 videos of his music, a wide-ranging interview with the composer and other bonus material. It resulted in a DVD entitled "In the Moment", available for purchase at http://goo.gl/Xld0o).
As of 2013, the CWU Chamber Choir also has recorded videos of the music of Byrd, Gretchaninoff, Monteverdi, Muehleisen, Singh, Victoria, and Rautavaara on YouTube.
A complete listing of the videos of the CWU Chamber Choir and other CWU Music Ensembles can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/CWUmusicdept
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The session was recorded with 6 hd cameras and the videos edited by Matt Woodard (less