Concert: Stabat Mater, by Pergolese

Chapelle de l'Immaculée, 6 Rue Malherbe

Baroque music and Gregorian chant. The Stabat Mater is a work based on a 13th-century liturgical text meditating on the suffering of the Virgin Mary and the loss of her son. A monument of Italian Baroque music, Pergolèse's Stabat Mater is a virtuoso piece for the two soloists soprano and alto, accompanied by a string orchestra and basso continuo. Delving into the roots of sacred music, the Querelle des Bouffons invited choristers from the Parish of Saint-Clément, trained in the Solesmes Gregorian school, to present a comparative version of the Stabat Mater…