On 21st October, we had the pleasure of meeting Lera Auerbach, composer of Sogno di Stabat Mater, in the Netherlands. She celebrated her fiftieth birthday with a festival entirely dedicated to her in The Hague. The festival took place from 15th October to 22nd October and featured performances of her works by various artists.Lera Auerbach …
‘Tearfully’: our latest addition from Poland
We are excited to introduce Tearfully, a captivating CD featuring Roman Padlewski’s Stabat Mater. Padlewski, born in 1915 in Moscow, was a Polish composer, pianist, violinist, conductor, musicologist, and music critic. His early years were marked by a passion for music, which led him to study violin and composition at the State Conservatory of Music …
New Stabat: Princess Amalie von Sachsen
Although MUSIC may be a feminine word, la musica, women themselves were in the background for centuries. A woman could/may sing sweetly, but composing, conducting, and playing music was for men. The earliest woman composer in our collection, Sulpitia Lodovica Cesis (1577-unknown date of death), was an excellent lute player. Her only known work is …
Stabat Mater in Breton language
We are delighted with the discovery of the Stabat Mater sung in Breton language by Yann-Fañch Kemener. Yann-Fañch Kemener was a singer and an ethno musicological researcher. He was born in 1957, in the heart of Fañch/Plinn country on the borders of Vannes, France. Breton was his mother tongue. he had a beautiful voice, and …
New: Two woman composers
We just added two Stabat Mater compositions from Ireland and Lithuania. The Irish composer in question is Gráinne Mulvey, a distinguished talent from Ireland who has left an indelible mark on the contemporary music landscape. Born in 1966 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, her artistic journey in the realm of composition serves as a testament …
Stabat Mater by Giovanni Clari
On our ‘Missing CDs’ page, you will find a list of 575 composers, all of whom have composed a Stabat Mater that has never been released on CD, recorded, or perhaps even performed. Number 96 is Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (1677 – 1754) who wrote a Stabat Mater for four soloists, mixed choir, strings and …
A beautiful Stabat Mater from Argentina
Gustavo Fedel, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951, is a composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. His Stabat Mater is written for strings, organ, and timpani. When we (Dutch, Europeans) listened to it, we were deeply impressed by the orchestration, the timbre, and the rhythms that make his Stabat Mater composition so Argentinean for us. …
Old Jesuits Stabat Mater from Bolivia
In our everlasting quest for Stabat Mater compositions we found ourselves in Bolivia where we stumbled upon much church music written by Jesuits. The Jesuits worked in the heart of South America, at the mission posts of the Chiquitos people. Two centuries they flourished, until fate’s hand forced them to part ways with the Spanish …
Quest for the manuscript of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
Lees het artikel in het Nederlands! Tineke Steenbrink’s search for the Stabat Mater of Pergolesi takes her on a journey of discovery Tineke Steenbrink is a harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and co-founder of the Holland Baroque Society, along with her twin sister Judith. Through her work as a teacher and her musical investigations for the Holland …
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Stabat Mater for Mariupol: July 22th, München
Lees het artikel in het Nederlands …After following what happened in Mariupol (which in English means the ‘city of Mary’) just a year ago, I had decided to write a Stabat Mater inspired by those events. Now my composition will be performed here in Munich at the beginning of April… I was touched by the …
