Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier
Bach's double-choir motets in perspective
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg / Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 3 September 2023
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About this concert
People living in the nineteenth-century were completely mad about Bach. Lucky them! Thanks to them, Bach was able to make it to worldwide composer number one. In his double-choir motets, the Baroque giant used powerful polyphonic horse pairs. Today, the reins of this are in the hands of Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis for part two of their Bach dyptych. Mendelssohn also makes a brief appearance: as saviour of Bach's legacy, the romanticist deserves a place in this gallery of voices.
Programme
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
1685-1750 -
Johannes Brahms
Fest und Gedenksprüche Op. 109
Unsere Väter hofften auf dich
Wenn ein starker Gewappneter
Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk1833-1879 -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
Praeludium F minor instrumental -
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Largo instrumental
1710-1784 -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fuga in F minor instrumental
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Warum toben die Heiden
Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen1809-1847 -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, Jesu, Komm
Musicians
- Zsuzsi Toth, Viola Blache, Erika Tandiono, Hannah Ely, Marta Muranyi, Agnes Van Laar soprano
- Jan Kullmann, Sophia Faltas, Tessa Roos, Korneel Van Neste, Sofia Gvirts, Eszter Balogh alto
- João Moreira, Philippe Froeliger, Raphael Höhn, Adriaan De Koster, Jacob Lawrence, Jasper Dijkstra tenor
- Vincent De Soomer, Sebastian Myrus, Roland Faust, Lorant Najbauer, Tobias Wicky bass
- 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.