Monday, April 11, 2011

Sleep

Another wonder from Eric Whitacre.

Sleep - 2051 voices from 60 countries comprise Virtual Choir 2.0.  Sublime.

From the Los Angeles Times:
"The point of the Virtual Choir is to bring people together, but for some, watching nearly 200 people sitting alone in their homes singing in the first Virtual choir video seemed to accentuate the loneliness of modern life.
" 'I find this kind of bittersweet beauty in that message,' Whitacre said. "When I first saw it, the first thought that popped into my head was message in a bottle. It was almost like these marooned souls on islands all over the world sending out messages in a bottle hoping to connect with someone that understood them. Everything we do is trying to overcome this abyss of loneliness.' "

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