Alphons Diepenbrock - Stabat Mater Dolorosa

- Composer: Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock (2 september 1862 -- 5 april 1921)
- Choir: Vocaal Ensemble Markant
- Conductor: Marc Versteeg
- Year of recording: 1996

Stabat Mater Dolorosa, for mixed choir a capella, written in 1896.

00:00 - I. Tempo rubato. Alla breve ma grave e tenuto
01:17 - II. Più con moto poco a poco
02:21 - III. Poco rubato
03:14 - IV. Più Lento. poco tenuto
04:25 - V. Chorus. Più con moto poco a poco, e rubato
05:25 - VI. Chorus
06:44 - VII. Semichorus
07:50 - VIII. Grave con moto, con molto affetto
08:55 - IX. Maestoso. Più mosso
10:00 - X. Molto tranquillo

Diepenbrock's settings of the Stabat Mater Dolorosa and the Stabat Mater Speciosa [also uploaded on this channel], poems which are both attributed to Jacopone da Todi (c. 1228-1306 ), form a musical diptych with a long history. In 1887 and in March 1888 Diepenbrock composed, for a 4-part choir, some verses of the Stabat Mater Dolorosa, about the sorrow of the Mother of God under the cross of her Son. Eight years later, in early 1896, he decided to put the missing portions of the text to music.

To broaden the expressive possibilities he chose the sound of a mixed choir, with women for the highest voices, which led to much controversy within the Church. In several places he deviated from the official reading of the text sequence used in the Roman Catholic Church, preferring authentic variants which he drew from 'Le Latin Mystique'. Following the example of Palestrina's 8-part Stabat Mater [uploaded on this channel], he treated the text homophonic and syllabic. At the end of the composition he quoted a chord sequence of Palestrina, in homage to the master. The harmonic twists with which he expressed compassion with the grief of Mary can sometimes also be reminiscent of Palestrina's contemporary Gesualdo.

The composition is dedicated "Aan Ant. Averkamp".

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