Singing the Stabat Mater

Gaudium

The Stabat Mater is most appropriately sung during Stations of the Cross, and Good Friday- but would including it for 5th Sunday of Lent seem appropriate... or perhaps Palm Sunday as well?

This is a lovely setting that could work perhaps during offertory, or post-communion..?

http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2018/feb/28/contemporary-stabat-mater-satb/

Incardination

I've never had issues scheduling the Stabat during Lent in general and Passion-tide in particular. It is, after all, a reflection on the Passion as well as the role Mary plays during the same - and the consolations we should derive therefrom. I also find it useful for the feast of the Seven Dolors in September (although the Propers already contain the Sequence).

MarkB

ccwatershed posted a different harmonization of the Stabat Mater yesterday:
http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2019/mar/19/short-piece-we-are-singing-lent/

I like that one better.

mmeladirectress

about the second watershed harmonization ... I don't know about the other parts, but as an alto, I would not like that one better.
We use the Mainz harmonization, works for me :-)

SponsaChristi

We sing it on Passion Sunday every year. It’s actually listed as part of Vespers on Passion Sunday as an optional sequence in the EF.

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