Scarlatti’s ‘Stabat Mater’ to be performed today in Valletta

Scarlatti’s ‘Stabat Mater’ to be performed today in Valletta

The Valletta Baroque Ensemble (ViBE) and KorMalta are today presenting the concert Baroque Music for Lent: Stabat Mater, at St Dominic church, Valletta, at 8pm.The second concert of the Scarlatti Series centres once again on Alessandro Scarlatti, a central figure of the Neapolitan baroque period, who composed his Stabat Mater in 1723 for the Brotherhood...

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