Stabat Mater: Choir and String Orchestra Vocal Score

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). 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."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178454440X
• ISBN13: 9781784544409
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 12.0"