Stabat Mater: Choir and String Orchestra

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Composed in 2015, Stabat Mater was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Scored for mixed chorus and string orchestra, it is a long-awaited sequel to the early masterpiece Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993), for the same forces; indeed, the later work begins with the pianissimo 'dying breaths' with which the earlier score so unforgettably closes. Cast in four movements, Stabat Mater has a duration of 53 minutes. Following the première London's Financial Times commented that the composer “speaks of a 'painful world of loss, violence, and spiritual desolation'. Both sides of MacMillan are to be found here, the devotional and the painter of bold, dramatic canvases - the former in the ethereal writing for solo and ensemble voices, the latter in the lacerating blows and feverish anxieties depicted in the string ensemble.”

Details

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Publisher Code: M060135071
Publication Date: 11/2018
Credits: text: Jacopone de Todi
Medium: Softcover
Pages: 140
Length: 10.00 in.
Width: 7.25 in.
Series: Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books
Format: Study Score
ISBN: 1784544396
Voicing: Study Score