The fatal hour has arrived, as on the hill of Calvary
the son of the creator, tragically displayed,
must turn to us his head –
And turn to her too, his comfortless mother,
arrayed in a cloak of mourning before this atrocity.
Standing there – o heavens! – stilled by grief,
alive only in feeling the immense bitterness of her torment.
Bathed in tears, she freed herself from sobbing, and said....
the son of the creator, tragically displayed,
must turn to us his head –
And turn to her too, his comfortless mother,
arrayed in a cloak of mourning before this atrocity.
Standing there – o heavens! – stilled by grief,
alive only in feeling the immense bitterness of her torment.
Bathed in tears, she freed herself from sobbing, and said....
A film by Rebecca van Beeck
Based on a concept by James Conway
for English Touring Opera
Catherine Carby (mezzo soprano)
Jonathan Peter Kenny (conductor)
Old Street Band
Produced by James Conway and Matthew Turbett
Il Pianto di Maria