Jurgita Adamonyte. Photo courtesy of Askonas Holt.
MUSICONE of the world’s leading classical singers is to perform alongside Island musicians in a performance of a celebrated modern composition of a 13th century work.
Royal Academy of Music-trained mezzo-soprano Jurgita Adamonyte, who had performed with the Chicago Opera Theatre, the Royal Opera and at the Salzburg Festival, will perform Karl Jenkins’s composition Stabat Mater, based on the Roman Catholic prayer.
Lithuanian-born Jurgita, who performed on the original recording of the piece released in 2007, will be joined by the IW Symphony Orchestra and Camerata Chamber Choir for the concert at All Saints’ Church, Ryde, on Saturday, April 16.
Stabat Mater, or the Sorrowful Mother was Standing, has previously been set to music by composers including Haydn, Dvorak, Verdi and Rossini.
Welsh composer Karl Jenkins’s version mixes traditional western orchestral and choir music with middle eastern elements, including Hebrew and Aramaic.
The concert programme will also include choral works by Busto, Chilcott, Miskinis and Rutter.
Reporter: ross.findon@iwcp.co.uk