Stabat Mater, FP 148, is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence composed by Francis Poulenc in 1950. Poulenc wrote the piece in response to the death of his friend, artist Christian Bérard; he considered writing a Requiem for Bérard, but, after returning to the shrine of the Black Virgin of Rocamadour, he selected the medieval Stabat Mater text. Poulenc's setting, scored for soprano solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra, premiered in 1951 at the Strasbourg Festival. The Stabat Mater was well-received throughout Europe, and in the United States it won the New York Critics’ Circle Award for Best Choral Work of the year.

Librettist Jacopone da Todi
Date of composition 1951 (1950-1951)
First published 1951
Type Stabat Mater
Catalogue FP 148
Approx. duration 35 minutes
Spoken language Latin
Instruments Voice (Soprano)
Chorus/Choir - Mixed Chorus ; SATBarB
Orchestra
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Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater, FP 148
Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater, FP 148