Sir james macmillans stabat mater was commissioned by the genesis foundation for harry christophers and the sixteen. English translation the ultimate stabat mater site stabat mater. Rossini stabat mater cuberli, zimmermann, merritt, ramey. The sorrowing mother stoodtearfully beside the crosswhile her son hung there. Like much of jenkins earlier work, the piece incorporates both. The notation and key signatures have been adapted to todays standards. Written in a baroque style, the work is the result of a fiveyear collaboration between andreas scholl and marco rosano, who lives in belgium. Giovanni battista pergolesi composer 17101736 play or download midi files from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. That stabat mater poem is thought to be of th century franciscan origin, though its earlier attribution to jacopone da todi is now generally discounted. Stabat mater is a thcentury roman catholic poem attributed to jacopone da todi. Pergolesis stabat mater and the politics of feminine virtue. The poem is the stabat mater, thought to be the work of the great laudapoet jacopone da todi. Pergolesi was born in jesi, italy, where he studied music under francesco santini there before going to naples in 1725 where he studied under gaetano greco among others.
The two met at a dinner party and bonded over a shared obsession with composition and recording technology. Shipley, annus sanctus london, 1884, gives the trs. The sequence of italian baroque masterpieces using the stabat mater text is one of the cordilleras of musical accomplishment. Stabat mater caldara sheet music for violin, viola. Stabat mater 5 many civilizations have subsumed femininity under the maternal, but christianity in its own way developed this tendency to the full. Stabat mater is a 2008 piece by welsh composer karl jenkins, and is based on the th century roman catholic prayer, the stabat mater.
Particular movements were very probably sung by a twopart choir, whilst the arias were kept for the soloists. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music at the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. This text, one of the most powerful and immediate of medieval poems, meditates on the suffering of mary, jesus christs mother, during his crucifixion. Stabat mater definition is the mother was standing title of a latin hymn about the suffering of the virgin mary during the crucifixion of jesus. Catholic encyclopedia 19stabat mater wikisource, the. And if something doesnt work properly, please let me know see the comments section of my homepage. Two of bachs finest cantatas, both for solo alto, composed in weimar 1714 and leipzig 1726 respectively, are here coupled with pergolesis stabat mater of 1736, the eighteenth centurys favourite sacred work.
It has the standard form of the late medieval sequence, forming a series of threeline verses, linked in pairs by rhyme, with a fixed number of syllables 8, 8, 7 in each line. This publication is based on eusebius mandyczewskis edition of the stabat mater, which has, until now, been the definitive edition. Mar 12, 2017 james macmillans masterly stabat mater represents the culmination of a remarkable commissioning project from john studzinskis genesis foundation. Stabat mater hyperion records cds, mp3 and lossless. Stabat mater, religious works, masses, sequences, for 4 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra, for voices and chorus with orchestra, scores featuring the voice, scores featuring the soprano voice, scores featuring the alto voice, scores featuring the tenor voice, scores featuring the bass voice, scores featuring mixed chorus, scores featuring the. There are more than sixty english translations that have been made of the stabat mater. This stabat mater has been composed specially for the voice of andreas scholl. A moog mass is an obscure electronic version of the infamous hymn to mary. Sorrowful, weeping stood the mother by the cross on which hung her son. Caldara was born in venice exact date unknown, the son of a violinist. Giovanni battista pergolesi january 4, 1710 march 16, 1736 was an italian composer, violinist and organist.
However there are numerous indications that it was also performed by choirs from very early on. Pergolesis famous stabat mater, a work for two soloists, strings and continuo quickly became a success throughout europe. Unless otherwise noted, english texts are from the translation by stanley applebaum, in pergolesi, stabat mater in full score new york. Stabat mater by arvo part 1935 set of parts sheet music. Stabat mater definition of stabat mater by merriamwebster. Like much of jenkins earlier work, the piece incorporates both traditional western music orchestra and.
After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly. Stabat mater dolorosa from 1585 sacrae cantiones for four. In latin, the hymn consists of twenty couplets which describe the sorrows of the blessed virgin at the cross. They are complemented by instrumental music by vivaldi caldaras contemporary in venice and frantisek tuma 17041774, czechborn, but mainly active in vienna. Russian julia lezhneva here shows an admirably gutsy attitude toward developing her repertory, avoiding familiar milestones in favor of an original project. Violin, viola, cello sheet music book by arvo part 1935. These words were first uttered in thirteenth century italy in an affective and emotional latin deovtional lyric.
The stabat mater has often been ascribed to jacopone da todi, ofm ca. Stabat mater by arvo part 1935 piano reductionvocal. In several projects, he combines the roles of composer, player, arranger and producer. Pergolesi, giovanni battista stabat mater barenreiter verlag. Stabat mater pergolesi from cda66294 hyperion records. Antonio caldara free sheet music to download in pdf, mp3. In 1699 he relocated to mantua, where he became maestro di cappella to the inept. After a criticallyacclaimed world premiere at the barbican in october 2016 and an awardwinning recording released on the sixteens own label, coro, the piece was premiered at the vatican in april 2018. Pergolesi s celebrated setting of the stabat mater is joined here by the stabat mater and other choral works composed by the venetian antonio caldara 16701736. Besides these largescale compositions, caldara also wrote smaller vocal works, of which his stabat mater is the best known. His notes on the composer, the music, the texts and translations and the different versions all came online. This album by caldera is a bit different than other electronic artists on this site for a couple reasons spacey, cosmic and experimental sounds are traded out for harpsichords and moogs played in the medieval style, and vocals are included that are vocoded to the point where the language being sung is. Stabat mater is the title of a thirteenthcentury latin hymn and it means the mother was standing. It has the standard form of the late medieval sequence, forming a series of threeline verses, linked in pairs by rhyme, with a.
Here she is paired with french countertenor philippe jaroussky in a program of works by pergolesi for two high voices, strings, and continuo. James macmillans masterly stabat mater represents the culmination of a remarkable commissioning project from john studzinskis genesis foundation. The stabat mater is popularly thought to have been written by the 15th century franciscan friar, jacopone da todi, although it is also ascribed to the 12th century innocent iii and may even have been written as early as the 7th century by st gregory the great. The stabat mater, a setting of the sequence for the feast of seven dolours of the blessed virgin mary, was written during pergolesis last few months which he spent at the franciscan monastery at the wellknown spa of pozzuoli. Us orders 47 days, international 721 days soprano 1 soprano 2 alto 1 alto 2 tenor 1 tenor 2 bass 1 bass 2. In the passion of my maker be my sinful soul partaker, may i bear with her my. Dvorak sketched the composition in 1876 and completed it in 1877. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, stabat mater dolorosa the sorrowful mother was standing.
In 1997 i created the ultimate stabat mater website for hans with the program frontpage. The gap between austere lutheran piety and searing mediterranean emotionalism might seem unbridgeable. The poem, perhaps written by the medieval italian mystic, jacopone da todi, was set often in the renaissance by josquin, palestrina, browne, inter alia but its plangent emotionalism seems to have made it especially compelling to the greatest catholic composers of. Stabat mater analysis by eva, jasmine and nathan structure final stanza analysis third stanza analysis second stanza analysis my mother called my father mr hunt for the first few years of married life. Throughout his career he was involved in film composition, advertising jingles, childrens lullabies and popmusic. Stabat mater hyperion records cds, mp3 and lossless downloads. As several versions of the stabat mater exist, these variations in the latin text are. Guidestar worked with boardsource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section, which enables organizations and donors to transparently share information about essential board leadership practices. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from stabat mater. Stabat matermusica napoletana olivier schneebeli, vincent. Joseph gabriel rheinberger 18391901 stabat mater op. Stabat mater antonio caldara at the petrucci music library imslp original text and translations. He became a chorister at st marks in venice, where he learned several instruments, probably under the instruction of giovanni legrenzi. Stabat mater hrsinfonieorchester solisten mdr rundfunkchor andres orozcoestrada duration.