Stabat Mater by Pergolesi

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater performed by the acclaimed Mystery Ensemble, featuring soprano Abigail Barker and countertenor Gleb Zakharov as soloists.

Written in the final weeks of Pergolesi’s life and premiered after his death, Stabat Mater has long been regarded as one of the most beautiful works of the Baroque era — a piece whose emotional radiance transcends time, faith, and genre.

A hymn of sorrow and celestial beauty, it has inspired composers from Bach to Vivaldi, and performers from Montserrat Caballé and Barbara Hendricks to other legendary interpreters as Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Philippe Jaroussky, Nathalie Stutzmann, and Andreas Scholl — artists whose performances over the past century have elevated Pergolesi’s masterpiece to the highest international acclaim.

Now, in the heart of Liverpool, in one of the world’s finest neoclassical halls, this profound meditation on compassion and human fragility receives a new, intimate staging — conceived specifically for the celebrated acoustics of St George’s Hall.