IDAGIO | Pergolesi, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi: Stabat Mater

Featuring

Timothy (Tim) Brown
Angharad Gruffydd Jones
Lawrence Zazzo
Maurizio Croci
Mirko Guadagnini
Makoto Sakurada

Christian Immler
Evangelina Mascardi
Roberto Loreggian
Sergio Balestracci
Cambridge Soloists
Il Pegaso
La Stagione Armonica Choir
Schola Gregoriana de La Stagione Armonica
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Claudio Monteverdi
Girolamo Frescobaldi

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Cultural Impact

Frescobaldi's keyboard works were disseminated in southern Germany by his pupil Johann Jakob Froberger, and his influence extended to Buxtehude's organ works in northern Germany.

Cultural Impact

Igor Stravinsky's neo-Classical ballet 'Pulcinella' (1920) used pieces he believed were by Pergolesi, but most were actually by Domenico Gallo.

Composition History

Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater', considered his last completed work, was written in the final months of his life.

Composer Biography

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, whose opera seria 'Il prigionier superbo' premiered in Naples in 1733, died at the young age of twenty-six.

Composer Biography

Claudio Monteverdi, who composed 'L'Orfeo', the first important opera in history, became maestro di cappella at Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, one of Italy's most respected musical positions.

Composer Biography

Girolamo Frescobaldi, a renowned organist and harpsichordist, held the post of organist at St Peter's Basilica in Rome from 1608 until his death, with a five-year interlude in Florence.