Four solo voices, violin, violet and bass (low continuo)

This Stabat Mater shows the strong influence of Pergolesi's setting, both in its style, well designed structure and its vocal and instrumental vocabulary. Pergolesi, Sellitto and others represented an clear break with the austerity and the sobriety of the liturgical music in previous centuries. The work is divided into 14 movements, many of them in the form of an aria for solo voice. Some arias and duets have a lyricism full of Neapolitan operatic pathos. The first half of the opening section for example is dominated by a descending figure which includes chromaticism. In the closing line the words "dum pendebat" are split into single syllables, sung staccato and separated by short figures in the strings. In the fifth section the opening word "quis" is repeated a couple of times, each time followed by an eloquent pause. The composition has 14 movements; the last movement is the Amen.