STABAT MATER

Choir and String Orchestra Vocal Score

Series: Scores/Books
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
Voicing: Vocal Score
Format: Softcover
Composer: James MacMillan

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 premiere 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.

Item #: 048024526
UPC: 888680925765
MPN or ISBN: 9781784544409
Size: 12"  x  9"
Pages: 112
Stock #: HL48024526