Stabat Mater is an oratorio by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, composed in 1876-77 and first performed in Prague on 23 December 1880 under conductor Adolf Čech. Written for four soloists, mixed choir and orchestra in ten movements, it sets the medieval Latin text on the Virgin Mary's grief at the cross. Dvořák wrote it while he and his wife lost three young children, and the work later became central to his international breakthrough, notably after an acclaimed performance at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1884.
In 2026, the 150th anniversary of Dvořák's original, intimate piano version of Stabat Mater is marked with special concerts in Prague, which will perform the rarely heard original version.
In November 2026, Birkerød Choir and Con Brio Choir together with Chamber Orchestra Musica perform Dvořák's Stabat Mater at two concerts in Helligaands Church in Copenhagen and at Nærum Gymnasium.
The Prague-based symphony orchestra FOK performed the work as its traditional Easter concert in Obecní dům on April 1, 2026.
In March 2026, the work was also performed at Philharmonie Berlin together with choral works by Schumann and Mendi Mengjiqi.
Academic Orchestra and Choir performed Stabat Mater in the Concert Hall of the Royal Danish Music Conservatory in Copenhagen in March 2023.
