The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus join forces with the Epiphoni Consort and a quartet of star soloists for Rossini’s operatic Stabat mater. Nil Venditti also conducts the Proms premiere of Respighi’s Church Windows
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus join forces with the Epiphoni Consort and a quartet of star soloists for Rossini’s operatic Stabat mater. Nil Venditti also conducts the Proms premiere of Respighi’s Church Windows
Fragments of Gregorian chant are reassembled in the jewel-toned mosaic that is Respighi’s 1927 Church Windows – given its Proms debut by Nil Venditti and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Four richly scored orchestral movements each depict a different scene in sound: a shimmering nocturne for ‘The Flight into Egypt’, a luminous portrait of St Clare and explosive martial conflict for ‘The Archangel Saint Michael’. Ancient musical models also inspired Rossini’s operatic Stabat mater – a powerful spiritual statement from the master of secular drama.
