l Pergolese pays tribute to 18th century composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 1736), and considers his relationship to the art music and the popular music of Naples, from a highly contemporary perspective. The text of the Stabat Mater translated into Neapolitan by Maria Pia De Vito and the opera arias, are transformed into songs and vivid narrative, open frames providing the key to reinterpreting Pergolesi.