Rossini’s Stabat Mater

In the evocative setting of St. Paul’s Within the Walls Church, the audience is invited to experience a concert of great artistic and spiritual value, exploring some of the most significant expressions of the nineteenth-century repertoire.

The evening opens with Carl Czerny’s Concerto for Piano Four Hands, performed by Barbara Cattabiani and Claudia Agostini. This work highlights the brilliant and virtuosic dialogue between the two pianists, showcasing Czerny’s characteristic formal elegance and luminous musical writing.

At the heart of the program lies Gioachino Rossini’s Stabat Mater, one of the composer’s most profound and moving sacred works. In this masterpiece, the dramatic power of the liturgical text merges with a musical language rich in lyricism and expressive tension, creating a deeply moving sonic meditation.

The concert concludes with Rossini’s “Tutto cangia e il ciel s’abbella”, a piece of intense cantabile beauty and refined expressiveness, in which the composer reveals his extraordinary ability to unite melodic immediacy with emotional depth.

The performance features the Orchestra Sinfonica Città di Roma and the Accademia Vocale Romana Choir, conducted by Lorenzo Macrì, with the participation of a distinguished quartet of soloists. The continuous dialogue between solo voices, choir, and orchestra finds its natural and ideal setting within the sacred atmosphere of the church.

Program and cast

Program and Ensemble

Carl Czerny
Concerto for Piano Four Hands

Piano:
Barbara Cattabiani
Claudia Agostini

Gioachino Rossini
Stabat Mater

Gioachino Rossini
“Tutto cangia e il ciel s’abbella”
from William Tell

Conductor: Lorenzo Macrì
Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica Città di Roma
Choir: Coro Accademia Vocale Romana

Soloists:
Luisa Ciciriello – soprano
Beatrice Maccaroni – mezzo-soprano
Delfo Paone – tenor
Alessio Quaresima Escobar – baritone