Choral concert: Rossini's Stabat Mater

Rossini knew his means of action, and although there is a long way from the action overture to the opera Wilhelm Tell to his ecclesiastical work Stabat Mater, the works have in common that Rossini knew what he was doing; was it dramatic, heartfelt, cheerful - he could play on all keys. The Stabat Mater is a psalm text from the Middle Ages that tells of Mary's pain as she witnesses her son's crucifixion, and many have set it to music. Rossini is not the only composer to have brought the operatic style into the church, and Rossini's few church musical works are profoundly religious in the language he mastered. Emotional and virtuosic music to the words Grundtvig translated: "Only the tender mother's heart can hold a mother's pain" - the essence of the Stabat Mater.

It is Yi-Chen Lin who conducts, born in Taiwan, educated in Vienna and made his debut as an opera conductor with Rossini, in his hometown of Pesaro. Before then, she had made her debut as an orchestra conductor in Vienna, and both opera and symphonic music are part of her extensive career: From Chicago to Sønderborg and Ribe.

Program:

G. Rossini: Stabat Mater

Conducter

Yi-Chen Lin

Soloists:

Sofie Lund, soprano
Irina Maltseva, mezzo-soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor
Tae Jung Hwang, bass

Choir:

Philharmonic Choir