The voices of the Abendmusik Chorus, Doane College Choir, Nebraska Wesleyan University Chorus, soloists Kendall Reimer, Rebecca Shane, Drew Duncan, and Jeff Keele, all accompanied by the Abendmusik Symphony Orchestra, join in this presentation of Dvorak's monumental setting of Stabat Mater.
The text of the Stabat Mater, a 13th century meditative poem reflecting on the suffering of Mary, mother of Jesus, at the foot of the Cross, has been set to music over 400 times although Dvorak's setting is the most extensive exposition. Dvorak, intensely Roman Catholic, was moved to composition following the death of his first three children at early ages.
Stabat mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrymosa
Dum pendebat Filius.
Cujus animam gementem
Contristatem et dolentes
Pertransivit gladius.
O quam tristis et afflicta
Fuit illa benedicta
Mater unigeniti.
Quae morebat et dolebat
et tremebat cum videbat
Nati poenas inclyti.
The mother stood sorrowing
by the cross, weeping
while her Son hung there;
Whose soul, lamenting,
sorrowing and grieving,
has been pierced by the sword.
O how sad and afflicted
was that blessed
Mother of her only-begotten Son.
Who wept and grieved
and trembled to behold
the torment of her glorious child.


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