Top Songs By Eric Whitacre Singers
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Eric Whitacre Singers
Conductor
Grace Davidson
Soprano
Katy Hill
Soprano
Stephen Kennedy
Baritone
Eloise Irving
Vocals
Lucy Goddard
Vocals
Anne Jones
Vocals
Ruth Gibbins
Vocals
Chris Tortise
Vocals
Benedict Hymas
Vocals
Jonathan Bungard
Vocals
Rueben Thomas
Vocals
Peter Foggitt
Vocals
Ashley Riches
Vocals
Amelia Berridge
Vocals
Rachel Spencer
Vocals
Louise Wayman
Vocals
Marie Macklin
Vocals
Charlotte Brosnan
Vocals
Hanna Berridge
Vocals
Gillian Plummer
Vocals
Francesca Mastaglio
Vocals
Lucy Cox
Vocals
Bethan Moore
Vocals
Ruth McElvanney
Vocals
Felicity Buckland
Vocals
Sarah Maxted
Vocals
Tori Longdon
Vocals
Christopher Hann
Vocals
Felix Leach
Vocals
Christopher Palmer
Vocals
Michael Bradley
Vocals
David Bond
Vocals
David Le Prevost
Vocals
Robert Garland
Vocals
Jonathan Bell
Vocals
Dominic Barberi
Vocals
Sandy Walker
Vocals
Gary Lovenest
Percussion
Scott Lumsdaine
Percussion
Owain Williams
Percussion
Eric Whitacre
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Eric Whitacre
Composer
Charles Anthony Silvestri
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Raphael Mouterde
Producer
Andrew Mellor
Recording Engineer
Craig Kyle Jenkins
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine...
Tormented by visions of flight and falling,
More wondrous and terrible each than the last,
Master Leonardo imagines an engine
To carry a man up into the sun...
And as he's dreaming the heavens call him,
"Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare". ("Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly".)
L'uomo colle sua congiegniate e grandi ale,
facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria.
(A man with wings large enough and duly connected
might learn to overcome the resistance of the air.)
II.
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine...
As the candles burn low he paces and writes,
Releasing purchased pigeons one by one
Into the golden Tuscan sunrise...
And as he dreams, again the calling,
The very air itself gives voice:
"Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare". ("Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly".)
Vicina all'elemento del fuoco...
(Close to the sphere of elemental fire...)
Scratching quill on crumpled paper,
Rete, canna, filo, carta.
(Net, cane, thread, paper.)
Images of wing and frame and fabric fastened tightly.
...sulla suprema sottile aria.
(...in the highest and rarest atmosphere.)
III.
Master Leonardo Da Vinci Dreams of his Flying Machine...
As the midnight watchtower tolls,
Over rooftop, street and dome,
The triumph of a human being ascending
In the dreaming of a mortal man.
Leonardo steels himself,
takes one last breath,
and leaps...
Writer(s): Eric Whitacre, Charles Anthony Silvestri
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