The concert opens with Respighi's music to the ballet La boutique fantasque ... and four outstanding soloists to perform Rossini's Stabat Mater, an ostentatious and deeply passionate setting ...

It is in 11 movements, most of them (as befits the text) rather slow and sometimes so heartfelt in expression as to be a trifle cloying—the style is very much like a later version of the Neapolitan ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Stabat Mater is the title of a thirteenth-century Latin hymn and it means "the Mother was standing." In Latin, the hymn consists of twenty couplets which ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Could you give me information on the "Stabat Mater" written by Jacopone da Todi? A: Are you talking about 'Stabat Mater' history, music, poetry, theology -- ...

His other works include sacred music (notably a ­Stabat mater of 1736, possibly his most-performed work), chamber cantatas and duets, and a few instrumental pieces. His reputation has grown ...