About the composer
Urmas Sisask was born in 1960 in Estonia. He started his composing already at the age of
15, when he began writing a piano cycle "Starry Sky", expressing both his love
for music and his fascination for astrology. After his graduation from Tallinn
Conservatory, he familiarized himself with Gregorian chant and baroque music.
Sisask would like his music to be loved as well as to be played by all people. In his
style all kinds of influences can be recognized, from chant, via Beethoven to Pärt. Among
other works he wrote two masses, a Magnificat, a Te Deum, a clarinet concert and a
symphony.
| Date | 1988 |
| Performers | Mixed choir |
| Length | 3.28 minutes |
| Particulars | The Stabat Mater is part of a collection of 24 hymns, Gloria Patri... In these he uses a tone scale which he developed from calculating the rotation periods of the planets. The same scale is used in Japanese kumayoshi music. They sound rhythmic, melodious and clearly related to Gregorian chant |
| Textual variations | Only stanzas 1 and 2 are executed. |
| CD | Finlandia 8573-82587-2: Urmas Sisask - Gloria Patri ... 15 meditative and tranquil hymns for mixed choir a cappella. I bought this CD on the Internet, Klassikonline, 2001 |
| About this CD | Dedicated to the song collection Gloria Patri..., from
which 15 of the 24 songs were recorded. Recorded at the Roman-Catholic Church, Tallinn, Estonia, in May 1992. |
| Choir | Chamber Choir Eesti Projekt |
| Conductor | Anne-Liis Treimann |
| Other works | 14 hymns |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl