About the composer
Antonín Tučapský was born in 1928 in in Opatovice – about thirty kilometers from
Brno - in the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia). He studied in Brno
before beginning his career as composer, teacher and conductor. From 1964–1972
he was conductor of the famous Moravian Teachers’ Male Voice Choir. He came to
Great Britain in 1975, and was appointed Professor of Composition at Trinity
College of Music. Here he had more time to develop his compositions, mostly
choral or chorally based, having first performances in this country. Conversant
with the various compositional theories and trends of the twentieth century, he
remains essentially a tonal composer.
| Date | 1989 |
| Performers | Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Mixed choir, Orchestra |
| Length | 46.58 minutes |
| Particulars | From the cd-booklet: ".. In depicting the individual and personal elements, the composer has not neglected his own emotional response to Mary's grief. Indeed, he recalls that he was deeply affected by the power of the symbolism of such pain in seeing a wood-carving of Mary, with the sword of grief through her heart, in a South Tyrol church. Central to the mood of the work lies the solitude of Mary standing alone in her loss on Calvary when all the others had fled." |
| Textual variations | The "Vatican"-version of the text is used. |
| CD | SOMMCD 058 (Céleste Series) |
| About this CD | I have not yet the "real" cd, but a copy of three Stabat Maters (Fux, Tucapsky and Wüllner). I received this cd as a present from Fré Thissen, the Netherlands (Thank you very much!). |
| Orchestra | Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Soloists | Pavla Anuicka, mezzo soprano, Roman Janal, baritone |
| Choir | Prague Mixed Choir |
| Conductor | Vladimir Valek |
| Other works | |
| Added | March 2008 - FUX 01 (221) |
E-mail:
stabatmater@dds.nl