Stabat Mater (from Passion Music)
£2.90 – £2.95
Scored for: SATB (with divisions) and piano
Level: Moderately difficult
Duration: 5 minutes
Other info: This sombre and evocative 'Stabat mater' is taken from Passion Music, a concert and liturgical work that continues Todd's fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in his Mass in Blue. The delicate piano part often falls away to spiritual a cappella sections, and a soaring line for solo soprano rises out of the texture to draw the setting to a close.
Stabat mater dolorosa
juxta Crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius
Stabat mater lacrimosa
O quam tristis et afflicta
Fuit illa benedicta
Mater unigeniti
Stabat mater lacrimosa
Quis est homo qui non fleret
Matrem Christisi si videret
Dolentem cum Filio
Stabat mater lacrimosa
Translation:
The sorrowful Mother stood
full of tears by the Cross
while her Son was hanging there
The Mother stood weeping
O how sad and afflicted
was that blessed Mother
of her Only-begotten Son
The Mother stood weeping
Where is the man who would not weep
to see the Mother of Christ
in such suffering?
The Mother stood weeping
Additional information
| Details | ISBN: 9780193524835 |
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If you are interested in performing Stabat Mater, the vocal score is also available to hire from Oxford University Press. Please contact them directly.
