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Dvořák Stabat Mater
Royal Choral Society
Richard Cooke conductor
Simon Blendis leader
Verity Wingate soprano
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones alto
Peter Davoren tenor
William Gaunt bass
In this intensely passionate music, whose composition was overshadowed by the deaths of three of his infant children, the greatest Czech composer pours out his most profound and heartfelt writing.
It is a work of deep beauty and pathos from the heartrending despair of its extended first movement, as Mary laments the death of her son Jesus at the foot of the cross, to the radiant hope of the final movement.
Standing alongside the Cello Concerto and the New World Symphony as one of his greatest works, Stabat Mater was also the work that cemented Dvorak’s reputation internationally. Following the success of its first London performance in December 1883, Dvořák himself was invited to conduct it with the Royal Choral Society in the Royal Albert Hall in March 1884, when the choir numbered some 800 singers. Today’s Royal Choral Society is happy to present it for the first time in many years.
Tickets
| Sat 29 March | 7pm | £7.50-£40 | Book |
