In 2016 Arthur Oostvogel had a nice present for me, on the occasion of the launch of the renewed website: a new Stabat Mater composition, even a Dutch one! This …
New Stabat: Mikhail Bronner
Mikhail Bronner, born in 1952, is a well known contemporary Russian composer. He graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and completed his postgraduate studies in 1981. He is author …
Translators, editors, proofreaders wanted!
In March 2022 the Ultimate Stabat Mater Website Foundation published the book, in Dutch, Stabat Mater Dolorosa – a journey through seven ages of music. It covers the story of …
New translation: Ukrainian!
Our everlasting search and exploration into Stabat Mater topics resulted in a very precious and personally contact: Olena Prokopovych, born in Ukraine but now living in the US for many …
Unique Stabat Mater Music Calendar 2023
Our latest project is a unique Stabat Mater calendar for composers, musicians and music lovers. Listen to a Stabat Mater composition through a QR code every month! Twelve recordings of …
Johann W. von Goethe and Stabat Mater
Almost everyone of us must have heard about the German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe and his famous work Faust, I suppose. But who did actually know that Goethe in this …
Stabat Mater: long and short
People who are familiar with Stabat Mater generally know that Antonin Dvořák composed a Stabat Mater of ninety minutes, the longest Stabat Mater ever. But did you know that the …
New: Partridge and Lutz
We just added two modern Stabat Mater compositions: Martin Lutz (2007) and Philip Partridge (2015). …Listening to Lutz Stabat you almost forget that the story is about the dreadful suffering …
Mr. Michele Bocchini about his Stabat Mater composition:
We just added the Stabat Mater from Michele Bocchini to the website. Mr. Bocchini was so kind to share his thoughts about his composition with us: Although the prayer opens …
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Video Art: Pietà
A gloomy and desolate courtyard with crumbling walls sets the scene. On a table, covered with a sheet, lies a human figure, possibly a dead body. The woman positioned behind …
