Stabat Mater | Scarlatti | Ars Nova Copenhagen
Live recording of Domenico Scarlattis Stabat Mater with Ars Nova Copenhagen and Paul Hillier. Allan Rasmussen, Organ. Recorded live at Garnisonskirken Copenhagen April 2014.
Video by Julie Sunflower
The mother stood sorrowing
by the cross, weeping
while her Son hung there;
Whose soul, lamenting,
sorrowing and grieving,
has been pierced by the sword.
O how sad and afflicted
was that blessed
Mother of her only-begotten Son.
Who wept and grieved
and trembled to behold
the torment of her glorious child.
What man would not weep
if he saw the Mother of Christ
in such torment?
Who could not be sorrowful
to behold the pious mother
grieving with her Son?
For the sins of His people
she saw Jesus in torment
and subjected to the whip.
She saw her sweet Son
dying, forsaken,
as He gave up the spirit.
Ah Mother, fount of love,
let me feel the force of grief,
that I may grieve with you.
Make my h