About the composer
Karl Jenkins was born in Wales in 1944. He is a musician
and composer. His father, a local schoolteacher, organist, and choirmaster, gave him
his initially musical instruction. Jenkins began his diverse musical career as an oboist in the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. He went
on to study music at University of Wales and at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
He initially made his mark in jazz.
| Date | 2006-2007 |
| Performers | contralto solo, chorus and orchestra |
| Length | 62 minutes |
| Particulars | The world premier of this work was on march
15th, 2008 at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool. The work is divided into 12 parts. Jenkins has added six parts, texts that lie outside the original poem: - a choral arrangement of the AveVerum, he original composed for Bryn Terfel - And the mother did weep, just one line, sung in English, Hebrew, Latin, Aramaic and Greek - Lament with words of Carol Barrat, written especially for this work - Incantation, sung in Arabic - Are you lost in darkness? and - Now my lif is only weeping The last two are settings of ancient text, revised into the original Stabat Mater rhyming scheme by the poet Graham Davis, sung in both English and Aramaic. Lots of people brought this work to my attention before I managed to obtain it. Indeed, they are right, this is a beautiful setting of the Stabat Mater. Just listen! |
| Textual variations | The "Vatican"-text is used. All stanza's are sung. |
| Stanza | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | I | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | II | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | III | IV | 15 | V | VI | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ethnic vocals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mezzo-soprano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Choir |
| CD | EMI 50999 5 00283 2 0 |
| About this CD | Recorded 2007. I bought it on internet in 2008 |
| Orchestra | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Choir | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir |
| Soloists | Belinda Sykes, ethnic vocals & mey Jurgita Adomonytė, mezzo-soprano |
| Conductor | Karl Jenkins |
| Added | July 2008, JEN 01 - 223 |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl