Kyrko Aria / Sancta Mater (1884)
by Laura Netzel (Lago) (1839-1927)
Indictus Project
www.indictus.org
Kira Gaillard, soprano
Ann Moe, organ
Laura Netzel, who published under the pseudonym Lago, or N. Lago, was born in Rantasalmi, Finland and raised in Sweden. She enjoyed a varied and respected career as a composer, producer, conductor, pianist, and social activist throughout her life. She studied composition with Heinze in Stockholm and Widor in France, and was fiercely proud of her Finnish heritage, as well as the medical work of her husband, professor Wilhelm Netzel. Her elegantly understated musical language is punctuated by chromatic French flourishes, and was favorably recognized by journals and critics, especially in France.
This setting of an interior section of the Stabat Mater would have been used for church services during Holy Week.
Sancta Mater, istud agas,
crucifíxi fige plagas
cordi meo válide.
Tui Nati vulneráti,
tam dignáti pro me pati,
pœnas mecum dívide.
Holy Mother, make
the wounds of the Crucifixion
in my own heart.
Let me share the pain
of your own wounded Son
who chose to suffer so much for me.
Artwork -
Maria Röhl (1801-1875) - Portrait of Laura Netzel, 1863
Maria Wiik (1853 - 1928) - In the Church / Kirkossa, 1884