Stabat Mater
Choir and String Orchestra Vocal Score
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Category: Choral
Series: Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books
Format: Softcover

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.

Inventory # : 48024526
UPC: 888680925765
ISBN: 178454440X
Width: 9"
Length: 12"
Height: 0.357"
Product Weight: 0.9 lbs.
Number of Pages: 112