Eric Whitacre - Hurt (Behind the Scenes)

Music: Hurt - Trent Reznor arr. Eric Whitacre
Soprano: Grace Davidson
Video Editor: Ed Stokes

Twitter: @ericwhitacre
Instagram: @ericwhitacre

[bailiejobarnes]

I've never felt such painful goosebumps in my life. I'm in love with this.

[ChristianSpliid]

Only very few pieces of music can bring feelings of this magnitude. Thank you so much for this.

[paetynj]

I discovered this piece a few months ago and I was so incredibly shook to the core by it. It’s one of the most beautiful choral pieces I’ve ever heard in my entire life it’s truly stunningly gorgeous. This November our choir is getting the opportunity to meet and work with Whitacre and I could not be more humbled I’m so incredibly excited.

[eastwoodk]

You succeeded in distilling so much of pain into moments that I couldn't begin to describe. I will be eternally grateful for this work and how you captured raw emotions. Just brilliant.

[ArtDrumz]

Eric Whitacre truly is a modern day prince charming. He also writes music that sounds like it belongs on Gods ipod.

[optipus]

I'm so glad we used this in our marching band show, if not I never would have heard this beautiful piece.

[saral.]

I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING! 😭😱 Crazy amount of chills on that dissonance "what have I become?" 1:13

[brianhutchinson]

Eric you should totally make a band arrangement of this song!! It would sound amazing 🔥

[barbara_j_hunt]

Yours is unquestionably the most glorious choir in the world! <3

[maliekgreen]

He is a brilliant man. After singing Alleluia I've been in love with his music

[maliekgreen]

That part makes me feel a shiver down my spine everytime without fail

[yordankaacosta]

I was transfixed the first time I heard your music, elevated to a state of contemplation, honesty. I am the one who can't wait to share your artistry with the ones who haven't been blessed by your insights. This version of Hurt, it really
Those glissandos (subtle and purposeful ones)help to deepen the emotion. And the Vocalise but specifically the one before "I wear this crown of thorn" is exquisitely painful, like knifes the voices go up to get trapped in that chilling disonanance. (It reminds me a work I admire: "Strange new clothes" from "The boy in the stripped pijamas" James Horner) I love you employed lower notes for basses just in the moment you want to give us that ominous feeling, not tiring the listener with a wide open range throughout the whole song.
I've been in the USA for 14 years, I'm cuban. I graduated there in choral conducting, my professor graduated from the Tchakovsky Conservatory, and choral music is my life, my world, and my soul.
Thank you so very much, Mr. Whitaker. ❤
Greetings from Miami 🌞

[markwilding]

Thank you for sharing it with the world. I hope it listens. My life has been made much richer in recent years having discovered the choral music of  Pärt,  Rautavaara, Rachmaninov, Barber, Tallis and others... Today I discovered how deep music can go.

[lilyisbitts]

I’m in love with this piece...I cry every time I hear it!! You can hear all the thought behind every chord and it’s just breath taking, by far my favorite choral piece (and I have a whole playlist of Eric whitacre)

[jakeayers]

Thank you sir for creating such a beautiful arrangement of this hauntingly stunning song. Truly a legend.

[emilyjorgensen]

I would LOVE to know Trent's thoughts on this, especially with the stunning instrumentals he's put out lately. I am sure he would really love this. Eric, you truly are a gift to choral music, and I have loved your work for such a long time. Hope you are well.

[modelwarren]

So unbelievably incredible! Thank you Eric.

[leeahare]

Throughout the decades Hurt has been covered by hundreds of professional recording artists. though this version gave truly gave me those chills again, beautiful as it is somber and brutally honest such as the original and the haunting recording of Johnny Cash.

[afoxesdream]

I love it. Because I can feel the pain through the music. It brought me tears. It's so beautiful ❤

[popowilli]

One of my goals in life is to end up in an Eric Whitacre song recording. All of his music is so beautiful.