At the beginning of Holy Week, the NoonSong before Palm Sunday, the NoonSong is particularly festive. In 1986, the Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt wrote "Stabat Mater" for mixed choir and solo cello, a touching and haunting work, half cello concerto, half choral concerto. It is accompanied by the famous Miserere by the Venetian composer Antonio Lotti (1666-1740), who introduced Italian opera to the Dresden court with overwhelming success. His later sacred compositions are correspondingly dramatic.