Stabat Mater for solo alto and orchestra, RV 621, is a composition by the Italian baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi on one of the Sorrows of Mary. It was premiered in Brescia in 1712.
Instrumentation
The work is scored for violins I & II, violas, solo alto or countertenor and basso continuo.
Movements
Vivaldi's Stabat Mater only uses the first ten stanzas of the hymn. The music is keyed in F minor, and is generally slow and melancholy, with allegro only being used once in the Amen, and all the other movements not going faster than andante. Movements 4, 5, and 6 are identical to the first three musically. The composition is structured into nine movements as follows:
- Stabat mater dolorosa
- Cujus animam gementem
- O quam tristis et afflicta
- Quis est homo
- Quis non posset contristari
- Pro peccatis suae gentis
- Eia mater, fons amoris
- Fac ut ardeat cor meum
- Amen
In popular culture
A piano transcription of this work was featured prominently in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley.
References
- "Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music". Hyperion Records. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- Stabat Mater stabatmater.info
External links
- Stabat Mater (Vivaldi): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores of Stabat Mater (Vivaldi) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
| Sacred music by Antonio Vivaldi | |
|---|---|
| Ordinary of the Mass | |
| Vespers | |
| Oratorios | |
| Motets and non-liturgical | |
| Miscellaneous | |
 | This article about a classical composition is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This article about Roman Catholic music is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |