Stabat Mater (Vivaldi)

Stabat Mater for solo alto and orchestra, RV 621, is a composition by the Italian baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi on one of the Sorrows of Mary.

[1] The work is scored for violins I & II, violas, solo alto or countertenor and basso continuo.

[2] The music is keyed in F minor, and is generally slow and melancholy, with allegro only being used once in the Amen, and all the other movements not going faster than andante.

The composition is structured into nine movements as follows: A piano transcription of this work was featured prominently in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley.

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