One of the most moving vocal works in history gets a new look. STABAT MATER DOLOROSA proposes an emotional and visual journey through baroque spirituality, mystical poetry and dramatic expression. The music of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi comes to life in this unique proposal by NOSTRUM MARE CAMERATA and Jacobo Christensen in which the interpretation goes beyond the limits combining rigor, historical sensitivity and creative freedom.
The work, written in 1736 shortly before the composer's death, It is built on the medieval text of Jacopone da Todi and was not conceived for public worship, but for the private meditation of a Neapolitan aristocratic fraternity, the Knights of the Virgin of Sorrows. The composer finished it in 1736, two months before dying at 26 years in the Franciscan Monastery in Pozzuoli, near Naples.
The liturgical use of the 13th century poem Stabat mater dolora has varied widely over the centuries., although it was undoubtedly Pergolesi who managed to create the most astonishing variety of sounds and moods from an austere and formal original text.. His phrases, permeated by operatic clarity and expressiveness, They have an elegant balance that fascinated the most modern musicians of the time.. Its success endures to this day as one of the masterpieces of religious music..
In our version, The verses of the Stabat Mater dialogue with the translation made by Lope de Vega, creating a scenic game between music, the word and the image that updates its emotional intensity without losing its liturgical root.
Music as an act of compassion. The stage as a space of transcendence.
