
Stabat Mater van Logroscino
Logroscino’s Stabat Mater will be performed by soprano Marijke Groenendaal and countertenor Erjan van der Velde. ConcertoValiante’s ensemble is formed by violins, baroque cello and harpsichord/organ.
Concerts:
Saturday March 18, 2023 in the Familiekerk in The Hague, at 8:00pm.
Sunday March 19, 2023 in the Willibrordkerk in Oegstgeest, at 3:30pm.
We are intensively preparing the Stabat Mater by Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino. It is one of his few compositions that has survived intact (hand-drawn manuscript, preserved in the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples) dating from the 14th century.
At Easter time, the aria “Erbarme dich”, from the St Matthew Passion by J. S. Bach, should certainly not be missed. A special thing about the St Matthew Passion is that everyone can be touched by it in their own way, whether you are religious or not, know the Bible stories or not, or have a lot or little knowledge of the classical music. This Passion is about people’s emotions.
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630, is a sacred motet composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1735 and is a powerful work, written for the Easter season. The title can be translated as “In this world there is no fair peace” or “There is no true peace in this world without bitterness”.
The path of justice is not one of rose petals, but a path of thorns. Law pursues justice, but in fact law strives for order in the chaos where universal justice that everyone serves, is unattainable.