Stabat Mater
Choir and String Orchestra
by James Macmillan
Choir - Sheet Music

Choral; String Orchestra (Study Score)

SKU: HL.48024551

Choir and String Orchestra. Composed by James Macmillan. Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Classical. Softcover. 140 pages. Duration 3180 seconds. Boosey & Hawkes #M060135071. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024551).

ISBN 9781784544393. UPC: 888680916695. 7.25x10.0x0.472 inches. Text: Jacopone de Todi.

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 premiere 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.".