Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg / Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 29 August 2023
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About this concert
A German Requiem, but then without Brahms! Lionel Meunier has for many years nurtured a deep love for the hero of German romantic choral music and his luminous requiem. He conceived the idea of looking to the texts of Brahms' older, Baroque settings. With these meditations on death and hope, Vox Luminis now creates a new requiem, based on Baroque principles. The result is stunning.
Programme
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Andreas Scharmann
Trauer-Klag: Gedenke, Herr, wie es uns gehet
17th century -
Thomas Selle
Sinfonia: Und da der Sabbath vergangen war
1599-1663 -
Johann Hermann Schein
Selig sind, die da geistlich arm sind
1586-1630 -
Christian Geist
Die mit Tränen säen
?1650-1711 -
Tobias Michael
Die Erlöseten des Herren
1592-1657 -
Wolfgang Carl Briegel
Ach Herr lehre doch mich
1626-1712 -
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Ach wie gar nichts sind alle Menschen
1611/12-1675 -
Heinrich Schwemmer
Der Gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand
1621-1696 -
Johann Hermann Schein
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Ich will schweigen -
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Der Tod ist verschlungen
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Johann Philipp Förtsch
Selig sind die Toten
1652-1732 -
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen
Musicians
- Zsuzsi Toth, Tessa Roos, Erika Tandiono, Victoria Cassano soprano
- Jan Kullmann, Vojtěch Semerád, Korneel Van Neste alto
- Philippe Froeliger, Raphael Höhn, Jacob Lawrence, Olivier Berten tenor
- Sebastian Myrus bass
- Tuomo Suni (concertmaster), Johannes Frisch violin
- Josh Cheatham, Lies Wyers viola da gamba
- James Munro violone
- Bart Jacobs organ
- Lionel Meunier bass and musical direction
About the performers
The ensemble Vox Luminis, consisting of a very international cast of soloists, focuses on vocal music written between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Most of the group met at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. The ensemble operates independently but also collaborates with instrumental groups such as Les Muffatti. Their CDs on the Ricercar label have been received with enthusiasm, including Schütz’ Musikalische Exequien, and English Royal Funeral Music, with works by Purcell and others. Their latest CD, Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem, was released in May 2023. Vox Luminis was artist in residence during the Utrecht Early Music Festival of 2015.