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Martin

27-07-2015

Frank Martin

About the composer

Frank Martin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1890, but moved to the Netherlands in 1946, where he lived in the little town of Naarden until his death in 1974. He became world famous by his Petite Symphonie Concertante for clavichord, harp, piano and strings. He wrote orchestral music as well as vocal works, for instance some cantatas and an oratorio, some ballets and an opera.

About the Stabat Mater

Date: 1967
Performers:

Soprano, violin and symphony orchestra

Length: 7.46 minutes
Particulars:

The composition is part of a "Maria-Triptychon", consisting of Ave Maria, Magnificat and Stabat Mater. It was written expressly for the soprano Irmgard Seefried and her husband the violist Wolfgang Schneiderhahn. The work has an insistent dissonant rhythm and is very intense and deeply lamenting.

Textual variations:

The "Vatican"-version is used, but only the first ten stanzas.

Colourbar

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CD information

CD 1: Chandos CHAN 9411: Frank Martin, Maria-Triptychon
About this CD:

Contains three compositions by Martin. Recorded at the Blackheath Concert Halls, in September 1994. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 199

Orchestra: The London Philharmonic
Conductor: Matthias Bamert
Soloists:

Lynda Russell, soprano
Duncan Riddell, violin

Other works:

Suite from the opera Der Sturm
Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann

Code: 1998 MAR-01

CD 2: Stabat Mater Foundation 2012: Martin (Poulenc, Dohnanyi)
About this CD:

The recording of the 14th concert organized by the Dutch Stabat Mater Foundation. Recorded at the Sint Petrus Church, Oirschot, in March 2012.

Orchestra: Brabants Orkest
Choir: Brabant Koor
Conductor: Otto Tausk
Soloists:

Ilse Eerens, soprano
Wouter Vossen, violin

Other works:

Ernst von Dohnanyi, Stabat Mater
Francis Poulenc, Stabat Mater

Code: 2015 POU-02

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In 1997 I created the Ultimate Stabat Mater website for Hans with the program FrontPage. At that time he had around 40 Stabat Mater CDs. His notes on the composer, the music, the texts and translations and the different versions all came online. After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly. At the time of his death in 2005 he had 211 Stabat Maters. After his death I continued collecting the information and managing the site. I wish to thank the Dutch Stabat Mater Foundation which gave me the financial support in 2014 to renew this site!

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