Composer Óscar Martín Leanizbarrutia presents Stabat Mater

Composer Óscar Martín Leanizbarrutia presented a musical performance of the Stabat Mater at the Santo Domingo El Real convent last Thursday.

The Pablo VI Foundation organized the event, which featured a musical representation inspired by a 13th-century medieval poem. The performance was dedicated to the prayer and honor of victims of the train accident in Urda that occurred one day prior to the event.

Leanizbarrutia described the work as a piece between an oratorio and a dramatic representation. He noted that his recent experience as a father influenced his meditation on the role of the Virgin Mary in the text.