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Rossini Stabat Mater & Puccini Messa di Gloria
Add to my Calendar 28-03-2020 19:30 28-03-2020 21:30 36 *** Postponed *** - a new date will be published as soon as possible Although Rossini saw his Stabat Mater as a work of sacred music the lyrical style in which Rossini sets his composition is in parts, quite operatic in character. This is in contrast to the solemnity of the thirteenth-century text. He declared, “The music should be of the finest quality” and the Stabat Mater is indeed full of glorious music. Puccini is most famous for his contribution to the world of opera even though he began his musical career playing and composing church music. As his musical studies progressed, it was clear that young Puccini possessed the talent to become one of the world's greatest operatic composers – and his Messa di Gloria is evidence of such promise. Puccini himself wrote: "the Almighty touched me with his little finger and said, 'Write for the theatre - mind, only for the theatre! Royal Hall, Harrogate DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Hall
Ripon Road
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2RD
England
Programme
Gioachino Rossini – Stabat Mater
Giacomo Puccini – Messa di Gloria
Performers
Sarah Power – soprano
Adriana Festeu – mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Watts – Tenor
Stephen Gadd – baritone
Andrew Padmore – Conductor
Manchester Camerata
Harrogate Choral Society
Programme Note
Although Rossini saw his Stabat Mater as a work of sacred music the lyrical style in which Rossini sets his composition is in parts, quite operatic in character. This is in contrast to the solemnity of the thirteenth-century text. He declared, “The music should be of the finest quality” and the Stabat Mater is indeed full of glorious music.
Puccini is most famous for his contribution to the world of opera even though he began his musical career playing and composing church music. As his musical studies progressed, it was clear that young Puccini possessed the talent to become one of the world's greatest operatic composers – and his Messa di Gloria is evidence of such promise. Puccini himself wrote: "the Almighty touched me with his little finger and said, 'Write for the theatre - mind, only for the theatre!