GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI:

Stabat Mater, 1736

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JOSEPH HAYDN:

Stabat Mater, 1767

Hob. XXa:1

Emőke Baráth soprano

Bernadett Nagy alto

Márton Komáromi tenor

Nikolay Borchev baritone

Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: György Vashegyi         

Musical historicism is not just concerned with performing old compositions on period instruments: often, it also sees perfomers revive a tradition that music lovers have adored for centuries. In the churches of 1780s Paris, Les Deux Stabats was the name used to advertise some extraordinarily popular concerts, where audiences listened to first Pergolesi’s, and then Hadyn’s Stabat Mater. Now, the artists of the Hungarian National Philharmonic, led by György Vashegyi, will pay tribute to this time-honoured custom.

With György Vashegyi as conductor, the dual production will see an group of soloists take to the stage: Emőke Baráth – soprano, Bernadett Nagy – alto, Márton Komáromi – tenor and a Belarusian baritone Nikolay Borchev.