Szymanowskis stabat mater written by bluesever sunday, march 2016 17. Stabat mater szymanowski karol szymanowskis stabat mater, op. In 1997 i created the ultimate stabat mater website for hans with the program frontpage. It may seem odd that, at a time of great uncertainty and conflict, he should have produced works of otherworldly delicacy and. Reflecting the composers interest in classical antiquity. Stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and. Demeters shares with the medieval lament of the virgin mary the sadness of a mother grieving for a lost child. Simon rattle conducts beethovens ninth digital concert hall. Stabat mater valery gergiev, london symphony orchestra on allmusic 20 for the second of their two sacds of the. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. I am familiar with six recordings of his stabat mater. Tritles words, the quintessential piece to celebrate the armistice, vaughan williamss dona nobis pacem.
It contains a very musical interpretation of one of karol szymanowskis best works, the stabat mater 1926, as well as successful interpretations of one of the musicians last, the 10minute long litany for the virgin mary, and the earlier 3rd symphony, for tenor, chorus and orchestra. Szymanowski symphonies nos 3 4 stabat mater albums. Stabat mater wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Szymanowski referred to demeter as a cantata, claiming that even if it was not traditional sacred music it had a serious, religious character and could be considered a greek stabat mater. Drawing on his musical roots and mother tongue, he wrote a transparent score for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra. His setting of the veni creatorwas composed for the opening of the warsaw academy of music, of which he was the first rector. Karol maciej korwin szymanowski 18821937, was a polish composer and pianist, born on the 3rd october 1882 in tymoszowka, poland, he lived between the death of chopin and the rise of the postworld war ii generation of grazyna bacewicz and witold lutoslawski. This desire was manifested above all in the stabat mater 192526. The score is indeed filled with exotic colour and elusive, translucent imagery. Thus szymanowski described demeter in a letter to universal edition in 1932. He is considered a member of the late 19thearly 20thcentury modernist movement young poland and widely viewed as one of the greatest polish composers. His notes on the composer, the music, the texts and translations and the different versions all came online. Szymanowski symphony 3 stabat mater emi 3615922 dc. No commercial recordings available for your location.
Szymanowskis stabat mater is one of those works which, once heard, sticks in the. The piece was meant as a requiem dedicated to the memory of krystalls prematurely deceased wife. The stabat mater, fragrant with incense, finely balances liturgical stateliness with a cathartic emotional tug. Karol szymanowski 1882 1937 russia karol maciej szymanowski polish pronunciation. The early works show the influence of the late romantic german school as well as the early works of alexander. Karol szymanowski free sheet music to download in pdf. If you use and like, thank you to consider support donation.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. He chose the myth of the greek goddess for the piece, influenced by the important classical philologist tadeusz zielinski. In his opinion religious music should above all express feelings, and as a consequence he preferred polish over latin. The belgian audience heard szymanowski s composition in almost the same rendering, and the lpo was joined by another polish voice mezzosoprano agnieszka rehlis. Karol szymanowski demeter for alto solo, female chorus. When composing his stabat mater, karol szymanowski relied on the comprehensibility of the text, which is why he made use of a version of the latin verses translated into polish. His most popular works was his ballet harnasie and opera king roger. Szymanowskis stabat mater is justifiably cited as his greatest work, and is usually included with his veni creator and litany to the virgin mary, as it is here. He wrote collected songs and several stageworks, notably. Szymanowski wrote penthesilea in february 1908 during his stay in nervi near genoa in italy. Shop and buy stabat mater, vocal score sheet music. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Szymanowski wove all of these strands into the fabric of his musical thinking, animating the whole with his desire that poland develop a national tradition in music.
The stabat mater has often been ascribed to jacopone da todi, ofm ca. This page lists all recordings of stabat mater, op. Szymanowski used the text of the contemporary polish translation by jozef jankowski 18651935, but outside poland the work tends to be performed with the original latin text. The works of szymanowski include four symphonies, two violin concertos, the operas hagith and king roger, the balletpantomime harnasie, the oratorio stabat mater, as well as many piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. The work is divided into six movements and uses jozef janowskis 18651935 polish translation of the marian hymn, stabat mater. Szymanowski wrote his stabat mater, with its focus on a grieving mother, in 192526, partly as. Stabat mater jozef janowskis polish translation of the famous marian hymn is particularly vivid, more so, perhaps, than the original latin text on which it was based. Szymanowski stabat mater veni creator litany to the. Stabat mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat filius. Stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra makes use of the words of the famous medieval sequence, which meditates on the despair of the mother of the crucified jesus, present during his torment. After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly. What mattered to him was to give modern, selfcontained forms to what in the mysterious life of the soul is at the same time most real and most intangible. The most fertile period in the compositional career of karol szymanowski was during the great war of 191418.
Karol szymanowski was born on october 3, on his familys estate in he wrote a long novel, efebos, which was lost in the warsaw fires of towards. Stabat mater was performed again on 11th march 2016 at the klarafestival in brussels. Karol szymanowski and his stabat mater university of. Szymanowski demeter for alto, female choir and orchestra. Karol szymanowski simple english wikipedia, the free. Szymanowski stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone. Szymanowski, k stabat mater veni creator litany to the virgin mary demeter penthesilea wit nx 0724. Karol maciej szymanowski was a polish composer and pianist, the most celebrated polish composer of the early 20th century. Quae maerebat et dolebat, pia mater, dum videbat nati poenas inclyti. Cuius animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius. Karol szymanowski free sheet music to download in pdf, mp3. Szymanowski, k stabat mater veni creator litany to.
Stabat mater was commissioned by the warsaw patron of the arts, dr bronislaw krystall. O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta, mater unigeniti. The question is whether this was simply an appropriation of the maternal by men and therefore, according to our working hypo. Karol szymanowski s stabat mater, set to a polish translation of the medieval poem, makes extensive use of traditional polish musical ideas. Karol szymanowski, stabat mater for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and. Stabat mater, vocal score by karol szymanowski 18821937. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Karol szymanowski 1883 1937 was born in tymoszowka, ukraine, and is regarded as one of the founders of modern polish music, elaborating on the work of chopin and scriabin. Karol szymanowski 18821937 stabat mater, op 53 192526 although szymanowski is bestknown for his orchestral and chamber music, his contribution to vocal music was far from negligible. Unlike the works karol szymanowski composed during the first two decades of the 20th century, his stabat mater could only have been written in a country with slavic culture.
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