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 …
Benefit concert with Stabat Mater in Heemstede
In perfect cooperation with Stichting Podia Heemstede, we as the Ultimate Stabat Mater Website foundation organised a benefit concert on Saturday afternoon, April 29th, in the Oude Kerk of Heemstede. The proceeds from the concert will go to one of the ‘Hope and Healing Centers’ shelters for children traumatised by war in the Lviv region …
Stabat Mater by Eugénio Rodrigues
A few years ago, Eugénio Rodrigues from Portugal kindly contacted me about his composition PIETÀ, which premiered in November 2019 in Lisbon by the Nova Era Vocal Ensemble. PIETÀ was the first section of his ESTAVA MÃE (Stabat Mater), which premiered in October 2021. This is the amazing story of his Stabat Mater: It all …
Duo Mignarda: lute player and mezzo soprano
Our cordial contact with Mignarda started in the early years of our Ulimate Stabat Mater Website. Duo Mignarda: Ron Andrico, lute player and Donna Stewart, mezzo soprano from Cleveland, Ohio, one of the few professional lute song duos in the United States, specialised in Renaissance music and poetry by concertising, researching and recording. Recently we …
Stabat Mater from Turkey
Our latest discovery is a Stabat Mater from Turkey by Mr. Ali Riza Saral, titled Stood her in pain, a pseudo religious cantata. The poignant text, English and Turkish, written by the composer himself, incorporates many quotes from the Stabat Mater in Latin. Mr. Saral is from a Muslim family, he wrote to us, so …
New: translation into Afrikaans
In a digital South African magazine, Versindaba (from 2017). We found the 28th language in which the Stabat Mater has been translated: into Afrikaans by Prof. dr. Cas J A Vos. We were struck by the appealing poetry and humanity of this translation. It is a part of a translation (from Latin into Afrikaans) of all …
Seven centuries of music on our YouTube channel
A few years ago, it was my dear grandson Guido who persuaded me to start a real YouTube channel, to promote the Stabat Mater collection. So, in January 2020 we uploaded the first video: the Red Brotherhood in Ceriana (Italy) going through the narrow streets and little alleys of the medieval village while singing Stabat …
Translators, editors, proofreaders wanted!
In March 2022 the Ultimate Stabat Mater Website Foundation published the book, in Dutch, Stabat Mater Dolorosa – a journey through seven ages of music. It covers the story of our Ultimate Stabat Mater Website which started as a personal passion of Hans van der Velden in 1997. Now, 25 years later, we are an …
