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Salisbury Hall - Newbold College
St Mark's Road
Binfield
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG42 4AN
England
Programme
Antonin Dvorak – Stabat Mater, Op.58
Performers
Juliette Ashman – soprano
Martha McLorinan – Alto
Thomas Elwin – tenor
Geoff Williams – Bass
Greg Hallam – Conductor
Bracknell Choral Society
British Sinfonietta
Programme Note
For their Spring concert, Bracknell Choral Society is delighted to be performing Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, a moving oratorio for choir, orchestra and soloists, and Dvorak’s best-known and most-often performed sacred work. The work is a setting of a medieval Latin hymn on the sorrow of Mary, mother of Jesus at the Crucifixion and was composed by Dvorak as a personal response to the tragic deaths of his three young children. The rich choral melodies and beautiful orchestral passages take the listener from Mary’s deep sadness to a tranquil and hopeful conclusion.
