Scarlatti: Stabat Mater and the music of seventeenth century Rome

Composers working in the churches and chapels of Rome in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries developed a rich, highly expressive style which brought liturgical music to vivid life. Chief among them was Domenico Scarlatti, whose Stabat mater was written for ten different voice-parts, with movements ranging from the lusciously lyrical to the vivaciously virtuosic. Punchy, ornate, and beautiful, it is a wonderful repertoire to explore. The concert is accompanied by the period-appropriate pairing of organ and theorbo, the baroque archlute.

Programme:

• Domenico Scarlatti Te Deum
• Alessandro Melani Litanie per la Beata Vergine a9
• Giacomo Carissimi Dixit dominus
• Alessandro Scarlatti Salve regina a4
• Domenico Scarlatti Stabat mater a10

Musical Director: James Potter
Organ: Simon Hogan
Theorbo: Jonatan Bougt