Alphons Diepenbrock

About the composer
Alphons Johannes Maria Diepenbrock was born in Amsterdam in 1862, where he studied Latin and Greek. He is regarded as one of the most important Dutch composers. The style of his - predominantly vocal - works is a mixture of the Romanticism of Wagner, the asceticism of Palestrina and the impressionism of the Debussy. He composed numerous songs, with piano or orchestral accompaniment, works for choir a cappella, or with orchestra, and music for several plays. He was a personal friend of Gustav Mahler. He died in Amsterdam in 1921.

About the Stabat Mater

Date 1896
Performers Mixed choir
Length 11.47 minutes
Particulars The Stabat Mater is composed in the style of Palestrina. There is no division in musical sections.
Textual variations The text according to the "Analecta" is used, but with a number of changes:
- Stanza 4, line 2: not "Et tremebat" but "Pia Mater"
- Stanza 13, line 1: not "Fac me vere tecum flere" but "Fac me tecum, pie, flere"
- Stanza 16, line 2: not "Passionis eius sortem" but "Passionis fac consortem"
- Stanza 17, line 3: not "Ob amorum Filii" but "Et cruore Filii"
The concluding "Amen" is omitted

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CD information

CD 1 KRO 94009: Memorare, Alphons Diepenbrock
About this CD These vocal works by Diepenbrock were recorded during a radio transmission by KRO Radio (Dutch Catholic Radio) in Hilversum, december 1996.
I bought this CD from the broadcasting company KRO in the Netherlands
Choir Vocaal Ensemble Markant
Conductor Marc Versteeg
Other works Geistliches Lied "Wenn ich ihn nur habe"
Hymn "Wenige wissen das Geheimnis der Liebe"
Ave Maria
Caelestis urbs Jerusalem
Stabat Mater Speciosa
Christus is opgestanden
Jesu dulcis memoria
Memorare
Added 1997 (DIE 01)

 

CD  2 Stabat Mater 2007 A Capella
This CD is produced by the Stabat Mater Foundation.
About this CD This cd is a recording of a concert performed on March 25, 2007 in the St.Petrus church at Oirschot.
Choir Dutch Chamber Choir
Conductor Klaas Stok
Other works Franz Wüllner, Stabat Mater
William Cornysh, Stabat Mater
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Stabat Mater
Krysztof Penderecki, Stabat Mater
Added 2007 (WULL 01)

 

E-mail: stabatmater@dds.nl

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