During the forty days of Lent (from March 6th till April 22th 2019) there will be a very special art project in Amsterdam: Art Stations of the Cross, fourteen stations …
A special leaf
Last week I got a very special mail from Mr. Keith Stroup. He recently purchased an orphaned leaf from a Flemish Book of Hours, which has a sizable portion of The …
Origins of Stabat Mater Latin text
Mr. Hubert Beckwith was so kind to contact me; he provided me with new information, an addition to the webpage Stabat Mater text. On this page Hans has written about …
New Stabat: Pormeister-Rips
Mr. Pavel Brochin from Germany, was so kind to inform me about the Stabat Mater composition by Piret Pormeister-Rips from Estonia. Mr Brochins choir, Audienda-Choir Krefeld, was invited to take …
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 …
Since my Ultimate Stabat Mater Website was renewed in 2015, there has been a slideshow in the top right corner. You can see photos of Mary standing near the cross …
Another Finnish translation
I have got a mail from Heikki Hattunen: Hello! Thank you for your website. The Finnish translation on your site is a poetic one. I wish you could add one …
James Dillon
Mrs Rui Sano contacted me about James Dillon, she wrote Accidentally I came across your website when I was looking up something else about Stabat Mater, it’s amazing to learn …
Liszt and Rossini
Last week Mr. Hendrik Decker was so kind to contact me about Liszt’s transcriptions of Rossini’s Stabat Mater. Mr. Decker wrote: Today I assisted a performance by Albert Martínez-Lorente Romero (trombone) and Francisco …
Parcival in Groningen
It is 8 pm and silence descends on the main auditorium of the Oosterpoort Theatre in Groningen (The Netherlands). On stage, a few hundred young people aged between 16 and …