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 …
Stabat Mater, Rock Opera?
Thanks to Mr. Antonio Nardi from Italy I learned about a new Stabat Mater ‘style’, composed by the Italian singer-songwriter, composer and television host, Franco Simone. Listening to his Symphonic Rock Opera Stabat Mater I was completely flabbergasted by the melodies, the rhythm, the voices, the intensity! Its accessibility is striking, a modern opera with …
New: Flagello and Carr
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 …
Federico Bruno
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 …
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 …
Mater Dolorosa and Anna Akhmatova
Through my Ultimate Stabat Mater Website I frequently receive messages from music lovers, musicians or composers about performances, recordings and compositions of the Stabat Mater. It always make me happy but I was extra surprised when Mr. Richard Blackford from England contacted me. He informed me he had been commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus …
New: Lukas Borzik
I added a new Stabat Mater by Lukáš Borzík from Slovakia. Mr. Hubert Maillard was so kind to bring my attention to this CD. In the booklet the composer says: This Stabat Mater brings three different points of view on the Mother who stood by her dying Son. They are expressed by three motifs of …
Jan Engel
I just added Jan Engels Stabat Mater. For a long time Jan Engel was on my list of missing CDs. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Lee from Baltimore I could add this CD to my collection. He sent the CD to me as a gift. He wrote: …I happened upon the Stabat Mater site many …
Spirit, Strength & Sorrow
I just added the CD Spirit, Strength & Sorrow by The Sixteen with Harry Christophers. It includes six (!) settings of the Stabat Mater text, three settings are new ones by: Alissa Firsova (British with Russian parents), Tõnu Kõrvits, from Estonia and Matthew Martin, from England. Spirit Strength and Sorrow is the result of the commissioning collaboration …
