Stabat Mater
The first major project of Maarten Engeltjes and PRJCT Amsterdam
It was Maarten Engeltjes' first major project with his baroque orchestra PRJCT Amsterdam: Stabat Mater by Giovanni Batista Pergolesi (1710-1736). The theme is fate, death, especially the death of a child - and especially the loss of a child as experienced by the parents.
The program begins with two pieces by Antonio Vivaldi, Nulla in mundo pax and Nisi dominus (with the touching Cum dederit About fate, doom and destiny. Then P.F. Thomése, author of the book Shadow Child (2003) about the death of his own little daughter, some passages from it. This is to introduce Pergolesi's well-known and beloved Stabat Mater (1736) in which Mary at the foot of the cross weeps over her son Jesus: The deeply saddened Mother | Stood weeping at the cross | While her Son hung there.
Program
Nulla in mundo pax sincera (solo cantata for soprano)
Nisi Dominus (solo cantata for counter tenor)
excerpts from Shadow Child
Stabat Mater
Performers
Maarten Engeltjes countertenor
Shira Patchornik soprano
P.F. Thomése speaking voice
Josef Žák violin & conducting
PRJCT Amsterdam
