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Salvador Brotons

About the composer

Salvador Brotons was born in Barcelona in Spain in 1959. He studied flute, composition and conducting at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music. In 1985 he moved to the USA where he received his Doctorate in Music from Florida State University. Salvador Brotons composed mainly for orchestra and chamber groups, but also composed an opera and a musical. Of his more than 80 pieces some 15 were awarded prizes. He has been conductor of several orchestras in Spain and the USA and is conductor and musical director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra since 1991.

About the Stabat Mater

Date: 1997
Performers:

Soprano, Baritone, mixed choir and orchestra

Length: 41.01 minutes
Particulars:

The Stabat Mater opus 73 is divided into seven parts. The symphonic orchestra plays an important role in the work and is used to express the feelings of pain and compassion of the text. It is music that wants to be listened to attentively.

Textual variations:

The "Analecta"-version of the text is used, with following changes:
- Stanza 16, line 2: not "Passionis eius sortem" but "Passionis fac consortem"
- After the "Amen" Brotons adds the same line "In sempiterna saecula" (In all eternity) that Rossini added in his Stabat Mater
At the end of the first part the first stanza is repeated, and the seventh stanza is used twice, at the beginning and the end of the third part.

Colour bar:

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Information about the recording

CD: Columna Música 1CM0100: Salvador Brotons, Stabat Mater & Obstinació
More info:

The CD is a live recording from December 2000.

Orchestra: Lieder Camera
Choir: Coral Carmina
Conductor: Edmon Colomer
Soloists:

Joana Llabrés, soprano
Josep Pieres, baritone

Other works:

Salvador Brotons, Obstinació opus 56

Code: BRO 01

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