Pergolesi composed his Stabat Mater and Salve Regina in the last year of his life, while ill and taking refuge with Franciscans in Pozzuoli, who cared for him.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in the Temple de Lourmarin by François Fernandez and Grégory Beaufays in February 2005.
Composition History
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater was commissioned by the Archconfraternity of the Knights of the Virgin of the Seven Dolours, a powerful lay brotherhood in Baroque Naples.
Compositional Technique
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater is described as a 'gem of chiaroscuro' for its transparency and concision, contrasting with the more dramatic style of the previous century.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, a calm and discreet person, died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-six in utter destitution, having had a public career of less than six years.
Cultural Impact
Pergolesi's opera La serva padrona was considered a model of Neapolitan opera buffa and sparked the famous 'Querelle des Bouffons' in Paris in 1752.
Composition History
The Archconfraternity of the Knights of the Virgin of the Seven Dolours commissioned Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to replace an older setting by Alessandro Scarlatti, which they had been using for about twenty years.
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