Federico Bruno contacted me and informed me about the special history of his Stabat Mater composition. Federico was born in Rome and when he was a child he sang as a soloist in the Choir of the Sistine Chapel. After his childhood he has been writing and recording songs that combine a blend of pop, …
New: In Sorrow’s Footsteps
I was recently again surprised by a present from Mr. Hubert Maillard from Switzerland. He sent to me the CD by the Marian Consort: In Sorrow’s footsteps. The CD has a new Stabat Mater composer, Gabriel Jackson from the UK. Thank you very much Mr. Maillard! Celebrating its tenth anniversary with its tenth recording, The …
Pergolesi’s Stabat with saxophones
I would like to write a post, at last, about my favourite ensemble playing Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. It has been a long time (I think in 2006) since I visited their performance for the first time. Since then I have visited their concerts almost every year, in many churches all over the Netherlands, in the …
PIETÀ from Portugal
I got in touch with Mr. Eugénio Rodrigues, a Portuguese composer who lived and studied in the USA before moving back to Portugal, where he lives in Lousã, the town he grew up in. For information on his work and his biography, please visit his website at http://eugeniorodrigues.com/?cat=65. In 2002, Eugénio was deeply impressed by …
New: Wishful Singing
Moore’s Stabat is a part of her composition Lux Aeterna: Vivid, commissioned by November Music Festival in association with the Hieronymus Bosch Foundation for the city of ‘s Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. It is a Requiem. The text is based upon the Latin Mass for the dead. Part III is Stabat Mater (stanza 14 and …
Pergolesi’s Stabat with Dance
Usually, when I talk with people about Stabat Mater and my CD collection, I often hear them say: oh Pergolesi! Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is undoubtedly not only the best known but also the most performed and most recorded one. On the Pergolesi page you will find a collection of many recordings and adaptations. This work …
New: Osvaldo Guidotti
I just added another Italian composer Osvaldo Guidotti. Barbara Seppi from Germany was kind enough to inform me about Guidotti’s Stabat Mater and sent it to me for free. Thank you very much! The cover of the CD booklet ays: Osvaldo Guidotti, Stabat Mater Il canto del dolore e dell’ amore (translation: the chant of …
New: Anonymous from Poland
This Stabat Mater, from the album Bogarodzica (Mother of God) is a Polish anonymous melody by vocal ensemble Jerycho. The songs on the album have been dedicated to Mother Mary. Mr. Marcin from Poland was kind enough to point me to this album. Indeed, it’s a very special edition. The CD-booklet is a real book …
New: Howard Blake
I just added a new composer to my site: Howard Blake with The Passion of Mary. Mr. Hubert Maillard pointed me to this CD. His Stabat Mater is a part of Blake’s second oratorio, titled The Passion of Mary. In Part 3 the first ten stanza’s of the Stabat Mater text have been used. The …
New: Angelo Comisso
I just added the Stabat Mater by Angelo Comisso. Angelo Comisso did not only use the Stabat Mater text. Part 7 is titled Nell’apparir del sempiterno sole composed by Francesco Soto de Langa (16th century) and rearranged by Comisso Stabat Mater. I did some research and I think it is a Christmas song. Though I am …
