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Dvořák: Stabat Mater

Date
24 June 2022
Venue
Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria; Basilique, Heliopolis, Cairo
With
Nayer Nagui (conductor); Dina Iskander (soprano), Mikiko Itsuki (mezzo-soprano), Georges Wanis (tenor), Boris Prýgl (bass-baritone); Bibliotheca Alexandrina Choir, Orchestra and Youth Orchestra
In collaboration with
the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Egypt; the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

About this concert

Antonín Dvořák completed his Stabat Mater, Op. 58, in 1877, after the deaths of his children: a long meditation on grief that ends in light. With the Embassy of the Czech Republic, the choir performed it under Nayer Nagui with the soloists Dina Iskander, Itsuki Mikiko, Georges Wanis and Boris Prýgl, in the Great Hall of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and in the Basilique in Heliopolis.

Programme

Work
Dvořák, Stabat Mater Op. 58

About the music

Antonín Dvořák, Stabat Mater, Op. 58

  • Sketched in 1876 and completed in Prague on 13 November 1877, after the deaths of Dvořák’s two surviving children within a short time of each other.
  • First performed on 23 December 1880 in Prague, conducted by Adolf Čech.
  • Its London performances in 1883 and 1884, at the Royal Albert Hall, made Dvořák’s name internationally.
  • Ten movements for four soloists, choir, orchestra and organ, about 85 to 90 minutes.
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Photographs

The choirs and orchestras on the stage of the Great Hall, Bibliotheca AlexandrinaNayer Nagui with the soloists, among them Itsuki MikikoThe sopranos singing from their scores at the BasiliqueA soprano in full voice at the BasiliqueThe cellos of the orchestra at the Basilique

Photos: the choir's archive and Facebook page

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