Pergolesi’s Stabat mater is a transcendently beautiful and deeply personal musical meditation on suffering and redemption, written by the 26-year-old composer as he himself lay dying. The composer of ...

The Stabat Mater consists of 13 movements, and Pergolesi bring a unique feeling to each one. There’s the mournful opening, in which the continuo steadily creeps upwards before taking a step back down, ...

Historical ensemble Figure and an excellent cast explore grief, compassion and hope through five women representing multiple generations Performed by Figure, and the brainchild of the ensemble’s ...

Performances of the Stabat Mater have proliferated in Pergolesi's tercentenary year, sometimes to the exclusion of his other works. What continues to astonish, however, is the range of interpretation ...

Next year is “Pergolesi Year”, according to publicity puffs attached to this disc. Now that anniversary fever is endemic, it is probably wise to make your pitch six months early to avoid the rush, ...

He lived fast and died young and after his death became world famous like no other musician before him. No it's not Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain but Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Hello I'm Geoff Wood ...

Marvel at the beauty of Pergolesi's masterwork, "Stabat Mater", featuring the heavenly voices of Hannah Arevalo and Danielle Evans, accompanied by the Poway Symphonette orchestra.