{"product_id":"stabat-mater-choir-and-string-orchestra-vocal-score-9781784544409","title":"Stabat Mater: Choir and String Orchestra Vocal Score","description":"(Boosey \u0026amp; Hawkes Scores\/Books). Composed in 2015, Stabat Mater was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Scored for mixed chorus and string orchestra it is a long-awaited sequel to the early masterpiece Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993), for the same forces; indeed, the later work begins with the pianissimo 'dying breaths' with which the earlier score so unforgettably closes. Cast in four movements Stabat Mater has a duration of 53 minutes. Following the premiere London's Financial Times commented that the composer \"speaks of a 'painful world of loss, violence, and spiritual desolation' ... . Both sides of MacMillan are to be found here, the devotional and the painter of bold, dramatic canvases - the former in the ethereal writing for solo and ensemble voices, the latter in the lacerating blows and feverish anxieties depicted in the string ensemble.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boosey \u0026amp; Hawkes Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784544409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.90h x 9.14w x 0.40d","brand":"James MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750133297333,"sku":"9781784544409","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stabat-mater-choir-and-string-orchestra-vocal-score-9781784544409","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}