Mrs. Clement was kind enough to send us the CD with compositions by her late husband Andries Clement, a Dutch composer who was born in 1943. Clement studied choral conducting at the Amsterdam Conservatory and Musicology at the University of Utrecht. He was a teacher at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Zwolle. In 1975 he …
Stabat Mater, a novel by J. C. Smith
Until recently, I had never come across a novel with the title Stabat Mater where the Stabat Mater is an integral part of the story and its vision. Its author is John Clark Smith from Canada. He sent me two chapters of his manuscript. This is an ‘ekphrastic’ novel, an artistic approach in which literature, …
Stabat Mater translation in Konkani
Dukest Avoi dukan borit – the first line of the Stabat Mater poem in Konkani. The majority of the inhabitants of Goa, India, speak Konkani language. In 1510 the Portuguese conquered Goa and the conquerors were followed by the monks (Franciscan and Jesuits) and merchants. Christianisation started. The Stabat Mater text was translated into Konkani …
New: Gravina and Muscat from Malta
We are delighted to present two new composers, both with their roots in Malta: Euchar Gravina and Christopher Muscat. A special touch is that Muscat leads not only the performance of his own Stabat Mater but also Gravina’s. Ultimate Stabat Mater Website Foundation received the CDs as a kind donation from the Marketing Unit of …
Stabat Mater by Victor Kioulaphides
After three moving months, I finally have our Stabat Mater ready. The emotion cannot be described, it is something you feel, not what you say. …I’m happy, proud, but also speechless when this ‘baby’ will crawl for the first time… On the occasion of the world premiere of this baby in the Netherlands, countertenor Sytse …
Ode to Todi and Jacopone
Through the Ultimate Stabat Mater website I got in contact with Claudio Peri in Todi, the city of Jacopone da Todi in Italy (Umbria). Claudio Peri is an emeritus Professor of Food Science from the University of Milan. He and his wife Theresa were born and raised in Todi and have returned to their beloved …
A pocket Pergolesi
Sunday morning , March 14th, I stumbled into a Dutch radio program with classical music. I listen fascinated to an accordion and a cello playing the for me so familiar accompaniment notes of the Quando Corpus from Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Two instruments are enough to feel the desolation that Pergolesi put on paper in notes.Not …
New: Emperor Leopold I
We just added the Stabat Mater by Emperor Leopold I (1640 – 1705), son of emperor Ferdinand III. He lived in Vienna. As a child he was taught the harpsichord and received lessons in composition from his Director of Music at his Court Chapel. He spent the sum of 60,000 gulden yearly on his court …
Vincent Persichetti, a non-professional recording
Vincent Persichetti (1915 – 1987) was an American composer, teacher and piano player from Philadelphia. His musical education began early though neither of his parents were musicians. Persichetti started at the Combs College of Music at the age of five, where he studied piano, organ, double bass and later music theory and composition (Read more on Wikipedia!). Besides many …
Arabic Good Friday songs by Fairuz
Mr. Max Elia was so kind as to bring our attention to an album titled Good Friday Eastern Sacred Songs which he bought on an trip to Beirut many years ago. We succeeded in getting the cd and were so impressed by the voice of the soloist (and composer) Fairuz from Lebanon. The tracks are …
