I was recently again surprised by a present from Mr. Hubert Maillard from Switzerland. He sent to me the CD by the Marian Consort: In Sorrow’s footsteps. The CD has a new Stabat Mater composer, Gabriel Jackson from the UK. Thank you very much Mr. Maillard! Celebrating its tenth anniversary with its tenth recording, The …
Pergolesi’s Stabat with saxophones
I would like to write a post, at last, about my favourite ensemble playing Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. It has been a long time (I think in 2006) since I visited their performance for the first time. Since then I have visited their concerts almost every year, in many churches all over the Netherlands, in the …
PIETÀ from Portugal
I got in touch with Mr. Eugénio Rodrigues, a Portuguese composer who lived and studied in the USA before moving back to Portugal, where he lives in Lousã, the town he grew up in. For information on his work and his biography, please visit his website at http://eugeniorodrigues.com/?cat=65. In 2002, Eugénio was deeply impressed by …