Easter Concert During Holy Week

G.B. Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is his final work, his masterpiece completed shortly before his death at the age of just 26.
Described by Vincenzo Bellini as “The Poem of Sorrow,” the Stabat Mater is a sacred composition based on the text of a 13th-century prayer by Jacopone da Todi, addressed to the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ.
Through his music, Pergolesi seeks to portray a mother’s strength and her utter grief in the face of her son’s death.


1) Stabat mater dolorosa (Soprano – Mezzo-soprano)
2) Quae moerebat et dolebat (Soprano) Allegro
3) Quis est homo (Soprano – Mezzo-soprano) Largo, Allegro
4) Fac ut portem Christi mortem (Mezzo-soprano) Largo
5) Quando corpus morietur (Soprano – Mezzo-soprano) Largo assai, Presto assai

Place

All Saints' Church is an active English-speaking congregation representing the Anglican Communion in Rome, Italy.

The church building is a very fine red-brick construction in a neo-gothic style, situated in the Via del Babuino, about 100 meters from the Spanish Steps. The architect was George Edmund Street (1824 – 1881). It is regularly used for concerts, as well as for the church services.