At the court of the aristocratic Hungarian Esterházy family, the Kapellmeister was expected to provide Grabmusik (”grave music”) for Good Friday. In 1767, Franz Joseph Haydn held the Kapellmeister ...

Observe the start of Holy Week with the beautiful and meditative Stabat Mater by Pergolesi coupled with selections from the rarely heard Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Cincinnati, OH -- The Knox Music Series presents three choral/orchestral ...

Haydn’s Stabat Mater and Mozart’s Requiem are paired for this moving Holy Week choral concert. William Vann directs the choir and soloists alongside the London Mozart Players, the oldest, freshest and ...

‘Stabat Mater’ is a medieval hymn describing Mary's grief during the crucifixion of Jesus from which the term ‘stabat mater dolorosa’ originates – its meaning is ‘the sorrowful mother was standing’.

The piano music of Brahms and Robert and Clara Schumann, Mozart's String Quintets and Haydn's Stabat Mater are among the best new classical albums this week Thanks for exploring the Gramophone website ...