Pergolesi, Bach, Mozart
Stabat Mater
This Holy Week, Cadenza Classics presents a sensory and spiritual journey at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. On April 16th, Holy Wednesday, at 8:00 PM, this historic church in Barcelona’s Eixample will host the performance of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
Renowned for its extraordinary beauty and profound spiritual depth, this masterpiece of baroque music offers a moment for reflection in an exceptional setting: a temple dedicated to the Virgin “Mater,” illuminated by the natural glow of wax candles.
The program is a passage through centuries of musical tradition, reconnecting us with the legacy of our ancestors. A string ensemble, accompanied by two distinguished soloists, a soprano and a contralto, will guide us through an intimate, moving experience.
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach, Aria from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, P 77
1. Stabat Mater dolorosa (duet), grave, in F minor
2. Cujus animam gementem (soprano), andante amoroso, in C minor
3. O quam tristis (duet), larghetto, in G minor
4. Quae moerebat et dolebat (alto aria), allegro, in E-flat major
5. Quis est homo (duet), largo, in C minor. Includes Pro peccatis suae gentis, in C minor
6. Vidit suum dulcem natum (soprano), in F minor
7. Eia Mater (alto), in C minor
8. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (duet), in G minor
9. Sancta Mater (duet), in E-flat major
10. Fac ut portem Christi mortem (alto), in G minor
11. Inflammatus et accensus (duet), in B-flat major
12. Quando corpus morietur (duet), in F minor. Includes Amen.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aria: Laudate Dominum from the Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major, K 339
Johann Sebastian Bach, Aria: Erbarme dich, mein Gott, from the St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Johann Sebastian Bach, Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude, from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
Approximate running time: 1h
Performers
Gisela Villamayor, soprano
Alejandra Cabello, contralto
Cadenza Schola Cantorum, baroque ensemble
Xavier Cuevas Bravo, conductor
April 16 2025
Wednesday 8:00 pm
Basilica de la Puríssima Concepció
from 15€