Concert by the PIMS Polyphonic Choir
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On 6 May, in the sublime Basilica of Sant’Apollinare, an event of rare intensity: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s "Stabat Mater" in the Viennese version, an arrangement that transforms the original chamber work into a sonic fresco of greater solemnity without losing its intimate spirituality.
The performers involved were extraordinary, under the baton of Walter Marzilli and with vocal coaching by Maria Grazia Schiavo: mezzo-soprano Marta Pacifici, tenor Derlis González Morel and baritone Kevin Malcolm Cribb, accompanied by the Nova Resonantia Orchestra, with Stefano Pavetti on the basso continuo and the PIMS Polyphonic Choir.
Among the most significant initiatives for the celebrations of the Pergolesi Year, that of the PIMS, chaired by Fr Robert Mehlhart, paid tribute to a work capable of transcending different eras and contexts, combining musicological research with interpretative intensity.
The evening was crowned by an encore of Juan Barceló’s "Prayer of Peace": a moment of profound harmony between the great tradition and the creativity of the present.
