Stabat Mater
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James MacMillan
Stabat Mater

James MacMillan
Stabat Mater

  • Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
  • Composer James MacMillan
  • Difficulty Level
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  • Edition Piano Reduction
  • Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
  • Order no. BH13508
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Description:

  • Pages: 112
  • Weight: 390 g
  • Genre: Sacred & Church Music
  • Accompaniment: Piano
  • ISBN: 9781784544409
  • ISMN: 9790060135088
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' [Â…]. 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.Â'