Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Today, June 12, the Latin Basilica of Our Lady of Heliopolis will hold a free concert, open to the general public. The “Celebration Choir and Orchestra” will perform Schubert's ...

The words of the Stabat Mater come from an ancient Latin text describing Mary weeping at the cross over her son, Jesus. While the Catholic poem has been set to music by many — from Vivaldi to Arvo ...

Pergolesi's setting of the Stabat mater was commissioned, probably by the Neapolitan brotherhood of the Cavalieri della Vergine dei dolori, to replace an earlier one by Alessandro Scarlatti. While ...

The Stabat Mater (Suffering Mother) is the paramount Christian text of mourning, and the musical setting by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) is one of the most substantial and deeply felt of all… By ...

For the first time since 2010, Chatham Baroque will present Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's (1710-1736) immortal setting of the Stabat Mater - a Lenten hymn to Mary, mother of Jesus - along with music ...

This new rendition of “Stabat Mater” includes tenor Lawrence Brownlee in the finest recording of the work since a 1971 one with Luciano Pavarotti. Some critics say the 38-year-old American singer’s ...

Rossini's "Stabat Mater" stands alongside the Verdi Requiem (which pays explicit homage to it) as one of the great operas of the liturgical repertoire. This exciting new recording, led by conductor ...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra audiences are accustomed to Riccardo Muti’s signing off for the season on a grandly upbeat note, such as he did last year when he closed the subscription series with a ...