Julia Lezhneva, Maarten Engeltjes & PRJCT Amsterdam

Pergolesi's Stabat mater: passion and stillness Sometimes two voices say more than a hundred-strong orchestra. In Pergolesi's Stabat mater, soprano Julia Lezhneva and countertenor Maarten Engeltjes meet each other in the most moving pages of music literature. Their contrasting yet perfectly complementary timbres – Lezhneva's radiant clarity and Engeltjes' warm intensity – delve into the deeper layers of meaning in this universal story of loss, comfort and hope. With Engeltjes' baroque orchestra PRJCT Amsterdam, this music receives the direct and refined eloquence it deserves. The icing on the cake are Vivaldi's explosive motet In furore iustissimae irae and the equally iconic Cum dederit from Nisi Dominus: an ebb and flow of ecstatic virtuosity and contemplative beauty. Programme: A. Vivaldi: In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626 | Cum dederit from Nisi Dominus, RV 608 | G.B. Pergolesi: Stabat mater