# Live broadcast of our performance of Rossini's Stabat Mater **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-broadcast-of-our-performance-of-rossinis-stabat-mater/404528 "2007-05-18T00:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-broadcast-of-our-performance-of-rossinis-stabat-mater/404528/1 "2007-05-18T00:14:27Z")
My choir’s performance of Rossini’s _Stabat Mater \* is being broadcast live from the Opera House tomorrow night (Saturday 19 May), in a concert starting at 8.00 pm Sydney time._ The performance is part of a Rossini gala program. The first half of the program is excerpts from various Rossini operas. We sing a couple of choruses: the finale from \*Guillame Tell \* and the prayer scene from _Mosè in Egitto_. The soloists do a few other bits and pieces too, including a great soprano/alto scene from the opera _Semiramide_. The \*Stabat Mater \* itself doesn’t start until after interval. Going on the timing of last night’s performance, that should be around 9.00 pm. If you’d like to listen in, go [here](http://www.abc.net.au/classic/) and click on the **Listen Now** link. There’s a program available for the concert (in PDF format) at the bottom of the page [here.](http://www.sso.com.au/event_detail.asp?s=543) - Starting times for other localities: 6.00 am Saturday US east coast 11.00 am Saturday UK 12.00 noon Saturday Europe 10.00 pm Saturday NZ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-broadcast-of-our-performance-of-rossinis-stabat-mater/404528/2 "2007-05-18T01:47:36Z")
Off to Cafe Society! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-broadcast-of-our-performance-of-rossinis-stabat-mater/404528/3 "2007-05-18T13:57:21Z")
Cool! Must be the thick end of twenty-five years since I did this - twenty at least. I was listening to _Cuius animam_ only the other day. Hope it goes well! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-broadcast-of-our-performance-of-rossinis-stabat-mater/404528/4 "2007-05-19T04:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] I was listening to _Cuius animam_ only the other day. [/quote] The tenor soloist certainly nailed the high D[sup]b[/sup] on Thursday night. That performance went well and hopefully tonight’s will be even better. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-broadcast-of-our-performance-of-rossinis-stabat-mater/404528/5 "2007-05-19T05:06:54Z")
Good luck tonight! I’ll leave the page open and if I awaken in the wee hours I’ll get up and listen. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-broadcast-of-our-performance-of-rossinis-stabat-mater/404528/6 "2007-05-20T22:16:27Z")
Here’s a [review](http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21764243-5001562,00.html) of the Thursday night concert from today’s _Australian_ (21 May). The choir gets only a single sentence reference, but it’s very complimentary.