Vocal Concert
Stabat Mater - Dvorák
Orchestre de Paris
Grande salle Pierre Boulez © W. BeaucardetWednesday, 27 April 2016 — 8:30pm
Thursday, 28 April 2016 — 8:30pm
Program
Antonín Dvorák
Stabat Mater
Distribution
- Orchestre de Paris
- Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris
- Tomas Netopil, conducting
- Aga Mikolaj, soprano
- Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo-soprano
- Dmitry Korchak, tenor
- Georg Zeppenfeld, bass
- Lionel Sow, choirmaster
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Dvorák composed his Stabat Mater in 1877, after the deaths of three of his children. This musical evocation of a mother's suffering before her sacrificed son oscillates between almost unbearable sorrow and calm or serenity – even hope, faith and light.
