ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Whitacre - Composer, conductor
After creating and conducting a worldwide virtual choir on YouTube, Eric Whitacre is now touring with an astonishing live choir.

Why you should listen

Eric Whitacre began his music career singing in his college choir; by 21, he had written his first concert work, Go, Lovely Rose, and advanced to Juilliard, where he studied under John Corigliano. Today, he has published more than four dozen choral works, conducted in some of the most esteemed halls in the world, and featured on dozens of recordings. His album Cloudburst and Other Choral Works earned him a Grammy nomination in 2007, as did his Decca debut Light & Gold, while his new album, Water Night, debuted at #1 in US iTunes classical charts.

You may know him, too, as the creator and conductor of the virtual choir, a network of YouTube-connected singers whose voices blend together online to become true magic. And he's now touring with the Eric Whitacre Signers, a 28-voice choir (yes, they're all in the same room).

More profile about the speaker
Eric Whitacre | Speaker | TED.com
TED2013

Eric Whitacre: Virtual Choir Live

Erik Vitaker (Eric Whitacre): Virtualni hor uživo

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Kompozitor i dirigent Erik Vitaker je inspirisao milione stvaranjem "virtualnih horova", gde su izvođači iz različitih zemalja spojeni na videu. Sada po prvi put stvara iskustvo u realnom vremenu i 32 pevača iz celog sveta se preko Skajpa pridružuju horu na sceni (koji je sastavljen od tri lokalna koledža), u epskom izvođenju Vitakerovog "Proloma oblaka", koji je zasnovan na pesmi Oktavija Paza.
- Composer, conductor
After creating and conducting a worldwide virtual choir on YouTube, Eric Whitacre is now touring with an astonishing live choir. Full bio

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In 1991 I had
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1991. sam imao
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maybe the mostнајвише profoundдубок and transformativetransformacioni
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možda najdublje i transformišuće
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experienceискуство of my life.
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iskustvo u životu.
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I was in the thirdтрећи yearгодине of my seven-yearsedam godina undergraduateosnovne degreeстепен.
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Bio sam na trećoj od sedam
godina mojih osnovnih studija.
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I tookузела a coupleпар victorypobeda lapskrugova in there.
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Par puta sam utvrđivao gradivo.
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And I was on a collegeколеџ choirhor tourтурнеја up in NorthernSeverni CaliforniaCalifornia,
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Bio sam na putovanju hora koledža
u severnoj Kaliforniji
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and we had stoppedпрестала for the day after all day on the busаутобус,
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i stali smo za taj dan
nakon celodnevnog putovanja
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and we were relaxingopuštanje nextследећи to this beautifulЛепа
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i opuštali smo se pored jednog prelepog
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idyllicidiličnu lakeјезеро in the mountainsпланине.
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idiličnog jezera u planinama.
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And there were cricketsцврчака and birdsптице and frogsжабе makingстварање noiseбука,
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I čuli su se cvrčci i ptice i žabe,
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and as we satсат there, over the mountainsпланине comingдолазе in
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i dok smo sedeli tamo,
preko planina su sa severa
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from the northсевер were these StevenSteven SpielbergianSpielbergian cloudsоблаци
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dolazili oblaci kao iz filma Stivena Spilberga
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rollingваљање towardпрема us,
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valjali su se prema nama,
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and as the cloudsоблаци got about halfwayна пола пута over the valleyдолина,
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i kad su bili na pola puta preko doline,
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so help me God, everyсваки singleједно animalживотиња in that placeместо
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tako mi boga, sve i jedna životinja tamo
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stoppedпрестала makingстварање noiseбука at the sameисти time.
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prestala je da proizvodi zvuke
u istom trenutku.
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(WhooshNe idete vi nikuda) This electricелектрични hushTiho, as if they could senseсмисао what was about to happenдесити се.
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Električni šum, kao da su osetili
šta će se dogoditi.
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And then the cloudsоблаци cameДошао over us, and then,
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Onda su nas nadvili oblaci,
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boomбум! This massiveмасивни thunderclapHladno mi je, and sheetsлистови of rainкиша.
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i BUM! Masivni prasak groma i naleti kiše.
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It was just extraordinaryизузетно, and when I cameДошао back home
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Bilo je neverovatno,
i kada sam se vratio kući
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I foundнашао a poemпесма by the MexicanMeksički poetpesnik OctavioOktavio PazPaz,
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našao sam pesmu meksičkog pesnika
Oktavija Paza
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and decidedодлучио to setкомплет it to musicмузика,
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i odlučio da je uparim sa muzikom,
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a pieceпиеце for choirhor calledпозвани "CloudburstPljusak,"
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za horski komad pod nazivom
"Prolom oblaka"
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whichкоја is the pieceпиеце that we'llдобро performизводити for you in just a momentтренутак.
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i to ćemo vam ubrzo izvesti.
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Now fastбрзо forwardнапред to just threeтри yearsгодине agoпре.
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Prebacimo se na situaciju pre tri godine.
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(MusicMuzika) And we releasedобјављен to YouTubeYouTube this,
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(Muzika)
Na Jutjub smo stavili ovo,
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the VirtualVirtualna ChoirHor ProjectProjekat,
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Projekat virtualnog hora,
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185 singersпевачи from 12 differentразличит countriesземље.
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185 izvođača iz 12 različitih zemalja.
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You can see my little videoвидео there conductingспровођење these people,
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Možete videti moj video
gde dirigujem tim ljudima,
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aloneсами in theirњихова dormdomu roomsСобе
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koji su sami u svojim
studentskim domovima
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or in theirњихова livingживи roomsСобе at home.
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ili u dnevnim sobama kod kuće.
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Two yearsгодине agoпре, on this very stageфаза, we premieredpremijerno je prikazan
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Pre dve godine smo na ovoj bini
imali premijeru
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VirtualVirtualna ChoirHor 2,
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Virtualnog hora 2,
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2,052 singersпевачи from 58 differentразличит countriesземље,
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2052 izvođača iz 58 različitih zemalja
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this time performingизвођење a pieceпиеце that I had writtenнаписано calledпозвани "SleepSpavam."
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i ovog puta smo izvodili komad
koji sam ja napisao i nazvao "Spavanje".
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And then just last springпролеће we releasedобјављен VirtualVirtualna ChoirHor 3,
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Prošlog proleća smo objavili Virtualni hor 3,
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"WaterVoda Night," anotherдруги pieceпиеце that I had writtenнаписано,
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"Vodena Noć", to je još jedan moj komad,
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this time nearlyскоро 4,000 singersпевачи from 73 differentразличит countriesземље.
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ovog puta sa skoro 4000 izvođača
iz 73 različite zemlje.
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(MusicMuzika)
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(Muzika)
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And when I was speakingговорећи to ChrisKris about the futureбудућност
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Kada sam s Krisom
pričao o budućnosti
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of VirtualVirtualna ChoirHor and where we mightМожда be ableу могуцности to take this,
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Virtualnog hora i kuda
sve ovo možemo povesti,
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he challengedизазов me to pushпусх the technologyтехнологија as farдалеко as we possiblyмогуће could.
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izazvao me je da poguram tehnologiju
što više mogu.
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Could we do this all in realправи time?
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Možemo li uraditi sve ovo
u realnom vremenu?
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Could we have people singingпевање togetherзаједно in realправи time?
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Mogu li ljudi zajedno pevati
u realnom vremenu?
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And with the help of SkypeSkype,
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Uz pomoć Skajpa,
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that is what we are going to attemptпокушај todayданас.
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to ćemo danas i pokušati.
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Now, we'llдобро performизводити "CloudburstPljusak" for you.
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Za vas ćemo izvesti "Prolom oblaka".
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The first halfпола will be performedизвршено by the liveживи singersпевачи here on stageфаза.
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Prvu polovinu će izvesti
izvođači na ovoj sceni.
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I'm joinedПридружио by singersпевачи from CalCal StateDržava Long BeachPlaža,
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Sa mnom su izvođači sa
Kal stejta iz Long biča,
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CalCal StateDržava FullertonFullerton and RiversideRiverside CommunityZajednica CollegeFakultet,
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Kal stejta iz Fulertona
i državnog fakulteta Riversajd,
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some of the bestнајбоље amateurаматер choirshorovi in the countryземљу, and —
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neki od najboljih pevača
amatera u zemlji i -
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(ApplauseAplauz) --
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(Aplauz) -
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and in the secondдруго halfпола of the pieceпиеце,
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a u drugom delu komada,
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the virtualвиртуелно choirhor will joinпридружити us, 30 differentразличит singersпевачи
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pridružiće nam se virtualni hor,
30 različitih izvođača
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from 30 differentразличит countriesземље.
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iz 30 različitih zemalja.
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Now, we'veми смо pushedгурнут the technologyтехнологија as farдалеко as it can go,
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Dogurali smo tehnologiju do granica,
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but there's still lessмање than a secondдруго of latencykašnjenje,
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ali opet postoji kašnjenje
manje od sekunde.
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but in musicalмузички termsуслови, that's a lifetimeживотни век.
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U svetu muzike, to je čitava večnost.
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We dealдоговор in millisecondsmilisekundi.
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Mi se bavimo milisekundama.
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So what I've doneГотово is, I've adaptedприлагођена "CloudburstPljusak"
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Tako da sam prilagodio "Prolom oblaka"
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so that it embracesприхвата the latencykašnjenje
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da prihvati kašnjenje
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and the performersizvođači singпевати into the latencykašnjenje
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i izvođači pevaju s kašnjenjem
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insteadуместо тога of tryingпокушавајући to be exactlyбаш тако togetherзаједно.
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umesto da pevaju baš zajedno.
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So with deepдубоко humilityпонизност, одмереност, and for your approvalodobrenje,
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Sa dubokom poniznošću
i vašim pristankom,
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we presentпоклон "CloudburstPljusak."
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predstvaljamo vam "Prolom oblaka".
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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(PianoKlavir)
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(Klavir)
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[The rainкиша ...]
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[Kiša...]
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[EyesOči of shadow-waterSenka-voda]
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[Oči senovite vode]
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[eyesочи of well-waterbunar-voda]
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[oči izvorske vode]
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[eyesочи of dream-waterSan-voda.]
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[oči vode sna.]
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[BluePlavi sunsсунце, greenзелен whirlwindsvihorima,]
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[Plava sunca, zeleni vihori,]
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[birdbeaksbirdbeaks of lightсветло peckingsigurnu zonu openотворен]
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[svetlo kljuca kroz otvor poput ptice]
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[pomegranatenara starsЗвездице.]
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[zvezde od pomorandži.]
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[But tell me, burntзапаљен earthземља, is there no waterвода?]
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[Reci mi, spaljena zemljo, zar nema vode?]
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[Only bloodкрв, only dustпрашина,]
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[Samo krv, samo prašina,]
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[only nakedгола footstepsstopama on the thornstrnje?]
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[samo goli otisci stopala na trnju?]
05:46
[The rainкиша awakensBudi...]
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[Kiša se budi...]
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[We mustмора sleepспавај with openотворен eyesочи,]
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[Moramo spavati otvorenih očiju,]
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[we mustмора dreamсан with our handsруке,]
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[moramo sanjati rukama,]
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[we mustмора dreamсан the dreamsснове of a riverрека seekingтражи its courseкурс,]
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[moramo sanjati snove reke
koja traži svoj put,]
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[of the sunсунце dreamingсања its worldsсветове.]
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[sunca koje sanja o svojim svetovima.]
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[We mustмора dreamсан aloudnaglas,]
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[Moramo sanjati glasno,]
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[we mustмора singпевати tillдо the songпесма putsставља forthнапред rootsкорени,]
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[moramo pevati
dok pesma ne dobije korenje,]
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[trunkтрунк, branchesgrane, birdsптице, starsЗвездице.]
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[deblo, grane, ptice, zvezde.]
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[We mustмора find the lostизгубљено wordреч,]
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[Moramo naći izgubljeni svet,]
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[and rememberзапамтити what the bloodкрв,]
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[i setiti se šta krv,]
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[the tidesplimu i oseku, the earthземља, and the bodyтело say,]
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[talasi, zemlja i telo kažu,]
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[and returnповратак to the pointтачка of departureодлазак...]
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[i vratiti se na mesto kretanja...]
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(MusicMuzika)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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["CloudburstPljusak" OctavioOktavio PazPaz][translationпревод by LysanderLisandere KempKemp, adaptedприлагођена by EricEric WhitacreWhitacre]
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["Prolom oblaka", Oktavio Paz]
[Prevod: Lisander Kemp, adaptacija: Erik Vitaker]
11:51
EricEric WhitacreWhitacre: BethBet. AnnabelleAnnabelle, where are you? JacobJacob.
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Erik Vitaker:
Bet. Anabel, gde si? Džejkobe.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Tatjana Jevdjic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Whitacre - Composer, conductor
After creating and conducting a worldwide virtual choir on YouTube, Eric Whitacre is now touring with an astonishing live choir.

Why you should listen

Eric Whitacre began his music career singing in his college choir; by 21, he had written his first concert work, Go, Lovely Rose, and advanced to Juilliard, where he studied under John Corigliano. Today, he has published more than four dozen choral works, conducted in some of the most esteemed halls in the world, and featured on dozens of recordings. His album Cloudburst and Other Choral Works earned him a Grammy nomination in 2007, as did his Decca debut Light & Gold, while his new album, Water Night, debuted at #1 in US iTunes classical charts.

You may know him, too, as the creator and conductor of the virtual choir, a network of YouTube-connected singers whose voices blend together online to become true magic. And he's now touring with the Eric Whitacre Signers, a 28-voice choir (yes, they're all in the same room).

More profile about the speaker
Eric Whitacre | Speaker | TED.com