Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, tim...(+)
Orchestra SATB vocal
soli, SATB choir, flute,
oboe, clarinet, horn,
bassoon, timpani, 2
violins, viola, cello,
contrabass
SKU:
CA.2729305
Version
for chamber
orchestra. Composed
by Antonin Dvorak. Edited
by Joachim Linckelmann.
Arranged by Joachim
Linckelmann. Carus sheet
music series: Great
choral works in small
scorings. Sacred vocal
music, Feasts of the
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Hymns in praise of the
Virgin Mary. Choral
Score. Composed
1876/1877. Op. 58. 36
pages. Duration 90
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
27.293/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2729305).
ISBN
9790007181086. Text
language:
Latin.
Antonin
Dvorak's impressive
Stabat Mater for
soloists, chorus and
orchestra is probably the
best-known of the
composer's sacred works.
Some painful experiences
- in 1875 his first
daughter died, and in
1877 he lost two other
children in quick
succession - may have led
to Dvorak's preoccupation
with the suffering of the
Mother of God, who stands
weeping beneath the cross
of her son. The music
enters into the different
moods of the liturgical
texts with great
sensitivity. Nine
movements in slow to
moderate tempi serve as a
kind of Passion
meditation, before the
ecstasy of a vision of
the resurrection wins the
upper hand at the end of
the tenth movement. With
our newly-published
arrangement for chamber
orchestra (flute, oboe,
clarinet, horn, bassoon,
timpani, and strings),
smaller choirs now have
the opportunity of
performing this work
without the choir being
drowned out by a
large-scale symphony
orchestra. The symphonic
character of the work is
nevertheless preserved.
This scoring offers an
optimal balance between
transparency and
orchestral sound. All
vocal parts (soloists and
chorus) are identical
with the original
version. Vocal score and
choral score can be used
also together with the
original version, which
is in preparation.
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