a musical journey through the ages...
It is truly fascinating that even today people are inspired to set the old, medieval Stabat Mater text to music. I always love to discover new composers, both from the past as in the present. That happened some time ago when I came in contact with Mr. Phil Vernon, who came across my site when …
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I just added the Stabat Mater from Stephen Paulus (1949 – 2014), an American composer. It was on the cd American Declarations from the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus conducted by Philip Barnes. This cd was (another) gift from Mr. Hubert Maillard from Switzerland. I was so surprised by the text from Philipp Barnes in the …
Robert and Kathy Lee from Baltimore, Maryland have been supportive to my site for a long time. In 2019 I received Jan Engels Stabat Mater as a present and last month (June 2020) he sent me list of six(!) Stabat Mater composers not yet in my collection: Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566), two Stabats: Stabat Mater …
Thanks to Christine Read I got acquainted with Jacob Coopers Stabat. She wrote to me: On my way home from work last night, I turned on the local classical radio station in the middle of a composition that was unlike anything I had heard before. I’ve learned that I can often hear something unfamiliar at …
Courtesy of Mr. Hubert Maillard from Switzerland I could add two new Stabat Mater compositions to my site. The first one is by Nicolas Flagello (1928-1994) who composed a Stabat Mater just as a part of a composition dedicated to Martin Luther King titled The Passion of Martin Luther King, a combination of five texts …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
