Credits:

Eric Whitacre

Description:

“Meditation Enveloped in Sound”: An Innovative Work Inspired by a Poem That Captivated a Grammy-Winning Composer”Eternity in an Hour,” the latest album by American Grammy-winning composer and innovative musician Eric Whitacre, is being released by Decca. It is truly a “meditation enveloped in sound.” It is the latest installment in his large-scale electro-choral works for voice, strings, piano, and electronics. The title is taken from Eternity in an Hour, a poem from the 18th-century English poet William Blakes masterpiece *Auguries of Innocence*, specifically the famous opening lines: (I see a world in a grain of sand / And a heaven in a wild flower / holding infinity in the palm of his hand / and finding eternity in an hour) from *Auguries of Innocence*, the title is taken from the poems famous opening lines, Eternity in an Hour. This album explores the relationship between the opening stanz