Stefaan Vanheertum, a composer from Ghent in Belgium, was so kind to invite me for the world Premiere of his Stabat Mater composition. He composed this work in 2010 – 2012. On his site Stefaan announces the concert himself: The Stabat Mater uses the Latin text but projects it to the present. This piece is not …
Holy week in Ceriana
Ceriana is one of the places in Italy where the Stabat Mater is sung on Good Friday, during processions through the village. I knew this from the CD Coro della Valle Ceriana, which Hans added to his collection in 2002. This CD has four different Stabat Maters of the four local Brotherhoods, the Black, the Red, …
Stabat Mater by Jens Eriksson
I have got an e-mail from Jens Bragdell Eriksson. He is a church musician and composer from Sweden. His Stabat Mater was performed for the first time on Good Friday March 25th 2016. The choirs name is Södra Sallerups Church Choir and the singers are accompanied by Friis quartet. All twenty stanzas are sung, including the final Amen. I …
Stabat from Sardinia in Amsterdam
When Hans was still alive, we sometimes discussed the possibility of going to Sardinia or Sicily in the Holy Week, watching processions and listening to Stabat Maters sung by the villagers. It never happened. Hans’ collection included CD’s with traditionally sung Stabat Maters. Sometimes they are very bare like the ones from Sardinia, sometimes more …
Latest addition: J. B. Foerster
I just added the Stabat Mater by Josef Bohuslav Foerster. Theresia Stössel was so kind to send me this CD: Jubilate Deo from the Chamberchoir of the German Catholic Youth Movement. This Movement has been organising a musical project each summer for more than two decades. This album is the result! On the CD is religious music …
Stabat Mater by Vivian Fine
Brad Gelineau was so kind to inform me about the Stabat Mater by Vivian Fine. She is an American composer. The composition doesn’t use either the Stabat Mater Dolorosa or the Stabat Mater Speciosa, but instead a poem written about 1940 by Józef Wittlin from Poland. He fled Europe from the Nazis, which explains the …
Latest addition: Mul, Strategier, de Klerk
I just added three composers to my Stabat Mater collection: Jan Mul, Herman Strategier and Albert de Klerk all recorded on the CD Heavenly Beauty from the Netherlands. It is the recording of the 17th concert organised by the Dutch Stabat Mater Foundation, at the Sint Petrus Church in Oirschot, in March 2015. Hendrik Andriessen is on …
Latest addition: Robert Hejnar
I just added the Stabat Mater from Robert Hejnar, a composer from Czechia. I received this Cd from Jan Pivoňka from Czechia. Thanks a lot!
Stabat Mater Weekend in Holland
Every year, two weeks before Easter, the Stabat Mater Foundation organises three Stabat Mater concerts in St. Petrus church in Oirschot in the Netherlands: Friday March 11th at 20.30 h Saturday, March 12th at 17.00 h Sunday, March 13th at 14.30 h The following Stabat Maters will be performed: Norbert Rousseau (1907 – 1975), Stabat …
Latest addition: Miguel de Ambiela
I just added the Stabat Mater from a completely unknown Spanish composer: Miguel de Ambiela. It is a part of a very special CD with a very special title: La Oreja de Zurbaràn. Zurbaràn was a Spanish painter from the 17th century. “The ear of Zurbaràn” was produced by Paul van Nevel and his Huelgas Ensemble at the occasion …
