Stabat Mater is an old poem about Virgin Maria´s grief, when she saw her son hanging at the cross. In this music work, Marias grief is a symbol for all our sorrows, made by the worlds stupid wars. The work have elleven moments, and are written for three soloists, one classic and two jazz singers, a choir, chamber orchestra and a jazz band. Soloists: The Russian mezzosoprano Svetlana Timoschenko, The American Jazz singer Richard Boone, and the Danish jazz singer Manuela Laerke. Text and music are from the composer Jan Erik Hansen. (scroll down this page)

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         moment 01a: Stabat Mater Dolorosa   soloist: Svetlana Timoschenko, Skt. Petersborg, Russia.

moment 01b: Innocent People      jazzsingers: Manuela Laerke, Denmark and Richard Boone,   moment 02: "Powerless Sorrows", "Fuit illa Benedicta" and "Human Contempt"                        soloist: Svetlana Timoschenko

        moment 03:  Jesus Christ hong on the cross           jazzsinger: Richard Boone

     moment 04:   God created womens life                    jazzsinger: Manuela Laerke

     moment 05:    Eja Mater fons amoris                       soloist: Svetlana Timoschenko

      moment 06:     Holy Mother, your love is life           jazzsinger: Manuela Laerke

      moment 07:     A prayer                                              Choir

      moment 08:    Fac ut portem Christi mortem           soloist: Svetlana Timoschenko

      moment 09:    Mother, please don´t cry                     jazzsinger: Richard Boone

      moment 10:    I lost my man and child, for nothing   jazzsinger: Manuela Laerke

      moment 11:  In flammatus et accensus    solists: Svetlana Timoschenko, Manuela Laerke, Richard Boone, Choir

Stabat Mater, The crucifixion, why is it there?

              The church says, that the crucifixion of Jesus was to take our sins away. Is that really the truth? For me, this is too easy!!

When I have read the old poem about Mother Maria, to know what she thought, and how she suffered,  I doubt whether it's true about our sins. I think, this story want to tell us something else.

I think, this story wants to tell us, that we have to stop all the catastrophes, disasters, made by the humans, like wars…..

            In my Stabat Mater, the mother at the cross, I try to tell, that everybody have their own cross in life, such as loosing someone they love. In my interpretation, I have tried to get the old poem up to day, with the help of the classic and rhythm music.

Jan Erik Hansen

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