Note Globale : Difficulté : Dear Jean-Paul,
thanks for your kind opinions
concerning my Harpsichord
Concerto and Stabat Mater :)
I am not sure if I will
"prolong the pleasure of the
listener" ;) but I can show
you next four parts of my
Stabat Mater for a mixed
choir. The performance is not
perfect one and I am not
wholly satisfided with the
last part "Eia Mater" but...
Here is a full score:
http://collegiumvocale.bydgosz
cz.pl/transfer/stabat.pdf
and recording of the first
live performance of the
complete work:
http://collegiumvocale.bydgosz
cz.pl/transfer/stabat.mp3
Greetings form Poland
Michal
Avis posté le 2011-12-09, par jeanpaul-carriere (membre free-scores.com)
Note Globale : After exposure of the pain of
Mary (measures 1 to 15), the
tension rises as from the 1st
"dum pendebat" (measure 16)
and explodes up to the horror
(crescendo since the measure
32 up to at the forte of
measure 41). Then (measures 49
ssq), all the desolation that
comes with Christ's death ends
in a whisper on the
"Pertransivit gladius." It is
closer to the aesthetics of
Arvo Pärt, of course, than to
that of Charpentier, Dvorak
and Rossini, but remains close
to the spirit of Vivaldi and
Pergolesi, with this feature :
you do not use instruments to
support the choir.And this is
absolutely not necessary,
because you create the emotion
without using of artifice!
I'll be happy if you compose
music on the follow of the
Stabat Mater, to prolong the
pleasure of the listener.
Thank you.
Avis posté le 2011-12-08, par jeanpaul-carriere (membre free-scores.com)
Note Globale : I love the use of the
harpsichord in modern
pieces(as in the "Concert
champêtre" by Poulenc), using
modern harmonies while
remaining within the classical
tradition. Here, in the first
movement, after an almost
ethereal introduction, I
admired the use of ostinato of
the strings to accompany the
melody of the harpsichord, and
thereafter, the modulations to
the strings, the harpsichord
playing the role of
accompanist, and, finally, the
dialogue between the
harpsichord and strings, all
of which are very catchy. With
the andante we are plunged
into a state of contemplation
and serenity that contrasts
with the first and third
movements. This last one is
like a merry dance that
concludes this work
wonderfully. A great discovery
of the Free-Scores composition
competition !