The Latin sequence Stabat Mater, known for centuries, remains a symbol of boundless maternal love eagerly used by artists to this day. Music inspired by the text of Stabat Mater was written by both anonymous creators and highly regarded composers – including Antonio Vivaldi and Joseph Haydn. Performed by exceptional soloists and the accompanying ensembles Il Suonar Parlante and Cuncordu de Orosei, we will hear Stabat Mater in three versions – from the work of a mysterious anonymous composer to a twentieth-century composition by Arvo Pärt.
Performers
- Graciela Gibelli – soprano
- Carlos Mena – countertenor
- Cyril Auvity – tenor
Il Suonar Parlante ensemble
- Rodney Prada – viola da gamba
- Cristiano Contadin – viola da gamba
- Vittorio Ghielmi – viola da gamba, artistic direction
- Luca Pianca – lute
Concordu de Orosei Traditional voices from Sardinia
- Giovanni Rosu – voche / tenor
- Paolo Burrai – mesuvoche / alto
- Martino Corimbi – contra / baritone
- Franco Sannai – bassu / bass
Programme
- Libera me Domine – Sardinian traditional cuncordu de orosei
- Recercada – V. Ghielmi (after Diego Ortiz 1510-1570)
- Upon la mi re – Anonymous, 16th century
- Virginem mire pulchritudinis – Buxheimer Orgelbuch (1450-1470)
- Divina Consoladora – traditional, "cuncordu de orosei" (arranged by V. Ghielmi)
- La Passion de Jèsus Crist – traditional Guascogne (arr. V. Ghielmi)
- Stabat Mater – Sardinian traditional "cuncordu de orosei"
- Stabat Mater (1500) – Josquin des Prez
After the interval
- Gotzos de su nefressariu – Sardinian traditional cuncordu de orosei
- La Mutia-La ne mente per la gola-Corrente – Santino Garsi da Parma (1542-1604)
- Vergine bella che di sol vestita alla bastarda – Orazio Bassani da Parma (1550-1615)
- Stabat Mater (1985) – Arvo Pärt, for soprano, alto, tenor and three viols