THE SEAL LULLABY - Eric Whitacre

[@abby_hopiee]

We preformed this song at my winter concert, and everyone was amazed. This piece is so beautiful, how could somebody not love it? 10/10 would preform again ♡

[@whispywonder7452]

Fun fact The writer of this song wrote this for a movie. They came to him and they said we really like your work would you write a song for a movie called the seal lullaby it was like bet bet bet bet he got to work the very day that they asked he poured his heart and soul in to each Measure he submitted it to them 25 days later he wondered why they haven’t got back to him so he called making sure that it got to them ok. And the executive said oh hey we forgot about that we decided to make kung fu panda instead DreamWorks you fucked up

[@user-xj4ms1ti5o]

That’s what I heard. My choir teacher told my class that when we got the music

[@umbraexe3069]

@@user-xj4ms1ti5o me too

[@real_lampcap]

Yeah my teacher told us that I was like wow bruh. That's effed up.

[@starrychips6483]

this literally triggers eric whitacre so much its so funny

[@gillwilkinsongw]

Ain't THAT the truth!. As Julia Roberts said in 'Pretty Woman' - BIG MISTAKE!

[@petitpois23]

i was supposed to sing this piece for my high school choir as a part of my last concert for senior year but we never got to bc the pandemic happened 😭 id give anything to perform this honestly its so beautiful

[@owoisabelle4385]

We just got this piece in band today, and it sounds beautiful.

[@aaronm.7267]

My band teacher has lived here in a coastal community her whole life and waited for her last year of teaching to play her favorite pieces, all being under an ocean theme. Unfortunately, due to COVID we could not perform it as a band, and the piece we played virtually ended up being a different one, much to everyone’s dismay including the teacher, who regretfully could not perform all the pieces she waited to play. I then came up with the idea to recreate it myself, with my synthesizer‘s beautiful cello program along with the piano accompaniment. I recorded it myself and mentioned it to my chorus teacher who decided to tell the whole band class to help create a video which I later edited that included selfies/pictures from everyone wishing her a happy retirement. The now retired band teacher loved the final product, and being in a small community I‘ve met her a couple times since the close of last year, and she is still just as energetic and happy as she was in our classes. Since then I‘ve adored the piece and gone on to notate the vocal parts for organ (as it‘s my main instrument) and kept the piano part the same for someone to accompany me, with any luck I may be able to perform the duet despite the slim chances.

[@Indigo_404]

Me and my 10 person choir are tackling this piece in May; I feel so honored to do it, it’s so beautiful Update: Our concert was tonight (5/4/23), we did really well :) It was my last concert with that choir as I’m graduating, but I still feel honored to have sang this (I’m a tenor)

[@Yourmom32395]

Omg we preformed 2 days after you 😊 it’s beautiful. Our altos struggled

[@autumnsellars]

I sang the alto part for this song. Difficult to learn, but once we mastered it, man it was incredible. Give me the chills sometimes. Absolutely stunning piece.

[@GrayCole96]

I'll never forget singing this for an all state competition (it's been years now but the song is still just as beautiful!)

[@liftingbykaroline7972]

Overwhelming beauty. One lucky seal cub!

[@MrKeithterrett]

What an absolutely georgeous piece of music my one of my all time favourite composers of choral music along with Faure, Dan Forrest, Michael Walsh, Herbert Howells and of course Z Randal Stroope. Love the Concert Band version too. Am studying Eric's use of dissonance as I am currently composing a Requiem myself. Will start posting my progress soon on youtube. If it could be half as good as this I would be happy!

[@LJMadrigalMusic]

I want this on my funeral. ❤️❤️

[@gillwilkinsongw]

Yes, me too, at mine.

[@Victoria_Thompson]

This was such a beautiful piece to sing in choir, I absolutely loved it and always will!

[@JJ-bs5bo]

So beautiful! I'M asleep in the arms of the slow swinging sea!

[@not-in-use-xyz2938]

I sang this for 2019 District choir in Virginia, SATB. I will always remember it 💙

[@paulmcginnis3631]

Nikita we sang good night moon for ours over here in colorado

[@adriana_williams]

2016 District Choir in Virginia, Women’s Choir

[@kadiaharrison4334]

simply beautiful

[@karenbaker2693]

This song is magical! ❤️

[@amandapotvin5526]

I was putting my baby to sleep with this song and then the ad at the end woke her up. Smh lol

[@stevenfromer3816]

Beautiful

[@gillwilkinsongw]

Sublime awesome music.!

[@ShootNowAskLater01]

Stop putting your watermark over sheet music that doesn't belong to you. You bought this from a company - you have no rights to it, nor did you create it yourself.

[@thomasryan2119]

Calm down Cole and enjoy this masterpiece

[@e.conboy4286]

thomas ryan I assume you have not understood this word: COPYRIGHT.

[@owoisabelle4385]

This is a calm song that is supposed to keep others calm. Listen and stop worrying about the watermark.

[@maxmakesfilms]

the worst part is that his water mark doesn't even spin right.

[@giannaram2716]

We are singing this as a high-school choir and im a little nervous we're going to butcher it... its so pretty and I would hate to make it any less than perfect Edit: i forgot to mention we are literally a 15 person choir

[@TheAscoltati]

Hey....nothing that's sung with a genuine heart is going to butcher anything. Go out there and just do your best xx

[@kdramaanimelover4741]

how did y’all do?

[@giannaram2716]

@@kdramaanimelover4741 the craziest thing happened man... we didn't have enough time to put it together so now we're doing it this year

[@javadrav8913]

@@giannaram2716 have y’all done it?

[@giannaram2716]

@@javadrav8913 we did :) it actually went pretty well

[@CupOPhrogs]

I would give anything to sing this fucking song again ong I love it so much

[@thebeckysquad1326]

Okay, but the oos give me the idea of a howling wolf when the dynamics are implemented!!

[@cassiesheppard7953]

I have to sing this for my concert

[@ddddd336]

Ooo good luck im singing this for choir ughhh

[@rosiefay7283]

I understand that some people watermark their videos. But you have no excuse for your watermark to be animated. It diverts our attention to it when we're trying to read the music we're listening to. Oh, and crappy scans, too.

[@jessicasycz7249]

Zachary Morris damn. Nicely done.

[@jossecottenier-musicvideos4926]

Hey, I made a video without watermarks and a little better readable sheet music. You can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6HZiYqwhL12oq8

[@rileyanastasi8329]

My choir teacher is doing this for honor choir

[@NocturnalButt3rfly]

Sang this in hs choir in 2019! It was so beautiful and chilling ✨

[@alienz1664]

I’m going to sing it with my choir class next month 😭…… yea it’s beautiful

[@NocturnalButt3rfly]

@@alienz1664 yesss especially the harmony🤌🏼 wish you the best it’s going to sound great! :)

[@alienz1664]

@@NocturnalButt3rfly Thank you so much 💜💜

[@jiphtach]

Why you destoy the image of the notes with the spinning treble clef?? It's really annoying and doen't fit to the musik!

[@james_subosits]

I think it's so that it doesn't get automatically copyright claimed.

[@mason4882]

learn how to spell music first

[@chloe5susan]

Mason Hicks 😔tread kindly. Probably from another country.

[@ynchan9657]

My 8th grade choir teacher wants to do this song for lgpe , except it's in two part

[@VitaliyGR]

The upper part is more fit for altos, so low. Had to see the score beginning once more to make sure it's really sopranos (and they begin in unison).

[@kylerbritton7830]

I don't remember how to sing this

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

Planet Caravan?

[@jonathangoldcomposer]

I don’t care about the logo. What I care about is that this choir kind of missed the mark with this piece in my opinion. This is really meant to be sung with straight tone instead of vibrato that just makes everything sound out of tune. The shimmer of the minor and major 2nds in most Whitacre pieces only comes out when sung with straight tone and near perfect vowels

[@jossecottenier-musicvideos4926]

I made a video with better readable sheet music and no watermarks, you can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6HZiYqwhL12oq8

[@indigo2550]

0:20 1:01 1:41 2:51

[@jiphtach]

Why do you post this beautiful choral work together with the notes, when you destroy this at all with your spinnig logo?

[@adamhandlin7418]

Because of the spinning logo, I am tempted to watch this video slowed down, pause it on the frame where the logo is out of frame, for each page, and make a copyright claim against every one of your videos with a spinning logo. Stop it

[@lianecornils8733]

Only God knows how many children got beat since you hid me from them. Only God knows.

[@hunterrific99]

What?!?

[@silpoll]

Jose, pode me mandar a partitura? [e-mail]

[@umbraexe3069]

English?

[@lukeweatherly7021]

Some dumbass bass sang a G natural at 1:30

[@maddz666]

Luke Weatherly that’s supposed to be there

[@dieuwkevanderheide9411]

One of my favorite pieces of music, but I’m no fan of this version :( :( :(

[@archangel9456]

Their vibrato ruined it

[@fishdinners7760]

Burnt Archangel yeah it added some unwanted dissonance

[@zeal6907]

It's not their vibrato. Their blend overall is pretty shoddy. Entrances fairly sloppy. Sounds like it was practiced for a week before performance