Vivienne Olive

About the composer
Vivienne Olive was born on 31st May 1950 in London. She studied music at Trinity College (piano, organ and harpsichord) and music theory at the University of York. In 1971 she received her Bachelor of Arts degree which was followed by further studies with Bernard Rands (York), Franco Donatoni (Milan) and Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (Vienna). In 1975 she was awarded a doctorate in composition from the University of York. In 1976 she moved to Germany where she studied composition with Klaus Huberand and harpiscord with Stanislav Heller in Freiburg. In 1979 she was appointed lecturer of music theory at the Nuremberg-Augsburg Academy of Music. She spent time in Australia. a.o. as composer in residence in Budanon, New South Wales, in 2005. In her compositions, she combines serial techniques with tonal elements.
 

 About the Stabat Mater

Date 1986
Performers eight female voice
Length 4.57 minutes
Particulars  
Textual variations It was difficult to understand the text. As far as I can hear, only the first two lines of the first stanza (Stabat Mater Dolorosa, Juxta Crucem Lacrymosa) are sung. That's why I did not make a colourbar.

Colorbar

 

CD information

CD debut II, Cavalli Records CCD 320
About this CD This is a double cd with works by twelve women composers, performed by women students of the Cologne College of Music. It consists of early as well as modern music.
Orchestra  
Choir Jenny Haecker, Trine Lund, Karolina Brachman, Nina Kreuser, Hayat Chaouni, Gudrun Wolf-Jaecks - Soprano
Vera Frey, Antje Günther - Mezzo soprano
Conductor Carsten Zündorf
Soloists  
Other works

CD I
Barbara Strozzi, L’Astratto, Cantate a voce sola
Barbara Heller, aus dem Liederzyklus Wie eine Taube: Quiete (Ruhe) -  Sereno – (Heiter)
Francesca Caccini, Aure volanti, Cantate
Barbara Strozzi, Il Romeo
Ilana Schapira-Marinescu, Mein blaues Klavier- Du machst mich traurig nur – Wolken - Und
Barbara Strozzi, Lagrime mie
Isabella Leonarda, Volo Jesum
CD2
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre , Esther
Claire Shore, Vocalise
Barbara Strozzi, L’Amante segreto
Sofia Gubaidulina, Solo (aus Hommage a T.S. Elliot)
Barbara Strozzi, Amore Dormiglione
Ruth Zechlin, Zwei Lieder aus “Carmina burana”
Maria Chiara Cozzolani, Gloria
Vivienne Olive, Whispers of Heavenly Death
Barbara Strozzi, Al battitor di bronzo
Barbara Heller, Der Blütenzweig – Allein - Nacht
Francesca Caccini,  Ò che nuovo stupor
Eva Schorr, Die Nachtigall (Duett) - Die Eidechse  - Die gerührte Henne
Added 2010 (MACD 01) - 237

 

E-mail: stabatmater@dds.nl

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