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SSATBB
Perc: low tom-t/2 tpl.bl.(or wdbl.)/crotales(lower octave)
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Composer's Notes
This was a piece I was asked to write by the Song Company and its directorRoland Peelman for a concert on the theme of mother and child.
After initially thinking of writing a lullaby, I opted for the Latin text Stabat Mater and emphasized the issue of the loss of a child. This was a therapeutic activity for me, writing this piece as I was getting over my son being near death just a while before. The shock still sits and he is still sick.
Elena Kats-Chernin
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