- Tyler Futrell
Stabat Mater (2021)
- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
Programme Note
My intention in composing this piece was in a sense to write a Stabat Mater about the Stabat Mater - what it has, and has not, been over its 600-year musical history. In my reading, what it has largely not been is a humanistic representation of the agony of a mother watching her child brutally killed; neither has it really represented her natural attempts to comfort him, despite her own suffering. I also expand the view, and treat the Stabat Mater as an example of the beautification of suffering more broadly. A challenge for me while writing the piece was to balance my wish to participate in the tradition of beautiful, melancholic music in Stabat Mater settings - which is what initially drew me to the project - while also looking at what that obscures.
- Tyler Futrell
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- New sacred Nordic Music
- Discover new sacred music by Nordic composer's who are refreshing the historical genre with contemporary passions, oratorios and gospels.
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- Norwegians in North America
- 14th November 2023
- World premiere by Eivind Buene and first US performance of Tyler Futrell's 'Stabat Mater'