Ceriana is one of the places in Italy where the Stabat Mater is sung on Good Friday, during processions through the village. I knew this from the CD Coro della Valle Ceriana, which Hans added to his collection in 2002. This CD has four different Stabat Maters of the four local Brotherhoods, the Black, the Red, …
Stabat Mater by Jens Eriksson
I have got an e-mail from Jens Bragdell Eriksson. He is a church musician and composer from Sweden. His Stabat Mater was performed for the first time on Good Friday March 25th 2016. The choirs name is Södra Sallerups Church Choir and the singers are accompanied by Friis quartet. All twenty stanzas are sung, including the final Amen. I …
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 …
New Stabat Mater Site online!
On December 28th, 2005 the initiator of the site, Hans van der Velden, my husband, passed away. After his death I continued maintaining the site and collecting Stabat Mater CDs. The desire and the need to renew the site grew stronger and stronger. With the help of the Stabat Mater Foundation (Oirschot, the Netherlands) that wish became a reality. The site got a …
Andreas Scholl and Vavox
In October 2015 I visited the Westerkerk in Amsterdam for a really spectacular concert. The famous countertenor Andreas Scholl performed together with the Vavox group a Stabat Mater with projected pictures of Maria, Jesus and the cross. I never heard about Vavox. This is what I found out about them: Vavox is an international network …
