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GILES SWAYNE : Stabat Mater

(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB & SATB soli)

Thursday 3 June, 2004 – Priory Park Chapel, Bath, England

Bath Camerata, cond. Nigel Perrin

Gonzaga Music, London, 2004 (GZ019)

“Men, women and children still die violent deaths in Palestine and Israel, and their mothers, sisters, wives and daughters still mourn and bury them – it is always the women who are left behind. That is the burden of this piece. It is not sacred music : it celebrates our common humanity. My setting incorporates into the Latin poem the Aramaic & Hebrew text of 'Kaddish', the blessing 'Barukh uvarukh' from the 'Talmud Babli', and the Arabic of the 'Salaat al-Jinàaza' – inserting them between the stanzas of the Latin poem to create a communal ritual of grief.”

– Giles Swayne

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