After three moving months, I finally have our Stabat Mater ready. The emotion cannot be described, it is something you feel, not what you say. …I’m happy, proud, but also speechless when this ‘baby’ will crawl for the first time… On the occasion of the world premiere of this baby in the Netherlands, countertenor Sytse …
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 …
Walon Church Amsterdam
On Friday March 15th I attended a special concert in the context of the Art project Troubles Waters (fourteen art stations of the cross), in the Walon Church, Amsterdam. The Hieronymus Ensemble sang Stabat Mater by Orlando di Lasso (1585). Eight men, they sang beautifully! As with Palestrina’s Stabat Mater the choir is divided into …
Rossini
I think Rossini was one of the first composers Hans added to his collection. At this moment I have four CD’s with the complete performance of Rossini’s Stabat Mater. The fifth one is Liszt transcription of the tenor aria Cujus Animam Gementem, on piano by Frederic Lamond. I have always loved Rossini; the last 15 …
Stabat Sistine Chapel, Live-streamed
Mr. Marc Puckett from Oregon (US) was so kind to inform me about the performance of Sir James MacMillan’s Stabat Mater by British choir The Sixteen on April 22th. This concert will be live-streamed from the Sistine Chapel of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. It will be the first ever concert to be live-streamed from the Vatican! Read …
Gaudium et Musica on Menorca
In 2010 I added the Stabat Mater by Marco Rosano to my collection. Marco Rosano was so kind to send me the studio recording as well as the Australian recording on DVD. The audio cd is available on Amazon.com. I love this composition very much and I was so surprised to get an e-mail from Ana Gomila …
Oirschot 2017 Dvořák piano version
About a year ago, I got a message from Mr. Peter Grandcourt. He discovered the original version of the Stabat Mater by Antonin Dvořák. This initial version for four soloists, choir, and piano was composed by Dvořák after the death of his daughter Josefa in 1875. He then put the work aside without orchestrating it. Soon …
Stefaan Vanheertum
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 …
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 …
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 …
