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August 25, 11:00
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France
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Eglise Notre-Dame, Saint-Père Der Friede sei mit dir + Join Lionel Meunier and the Vox Luminis ensemble for an original, interactive encounter with Johann Sebastian Bach!
How does it work? The musicians will perform the cantata and you can join them in singing the final chorale. The scores are available on the Cité de la Voix website: lacitedelavoix.net |
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August 25, 16:00
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France
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Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vézelay Et resurrexit + ‘Kommt, eilet und laufet’, because Vox Luminis are celebrating their 20th anniversary with Bach’s festive Easter Oratorio from 1725. As befits a real spiritual drama, four Biblical characters each highlight an aspect of Jesus’s miraculous Resurrection in some of Bach’s most beautiful arias. The festivities continue with Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Easter Mass, written in 1726 for the magnificent Catholic court of Dresden.
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August 28, 20:00
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Belgium
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St.-Pauluskerk, Antwerp – SOLD OUT Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcelli + In the mid-16th century, a heated debate raged in the Vatican about polyphony in religious practice. The complex play of simultaneously sung lines made it difficult to understand the words, sceptics maintained, which was good reason to ban polyphonic music from the liturgy. Their most notorious opponent – as legend has it – was Pope Marcellus II. His adamant insistence that polyphony could in fact be clearly understood may have been the most remarkable statement of his papacy, which only lasted 22 days. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was charged with writing a new mass to prove the Pope right. The Missa Papae Marcelli is a success in every respect: transparent textures ensure the texts are fluent without the slightest compromise in terms of style or refinement. The piece became a paragon of Tridentine polyphony, inspiring generations of composers and leading to the epithet ‘saviour of polyphony’ for da Palestrina. The velvet voices of Vox Luminis will make this crown jewel sparkle as brightly as it did in Palestrina’s day.
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August 31, 20:00
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The Netherlands
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TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht Cristóbal de Morales: Officium Defunctorum + With Cristóbal de Morales, Vox Luminis shines a light on the most important composer from the Iberian peninsula in the first half of the 16th century, nicknamed “la luz de España en la música” (the light of Spain in music). He not only worked in Spanish Cathedrals, but was also a singer in the Papal Choir of the Sistine Chapel for many years. His five-part Missa pro Defunctis, printed in Rome in 1544, is a requiem of magnificent proportions, a true milestone of Western sacred music.
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September 1, 19:30
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Germany
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Kirche St. Willehadi, Osterholz-Scharmbeck Cristóbal de Morales: Officium Defunctorum + With Cristóbal de Morales, Vox Luminis shines a light on the most important composer from the Iberian peninsula in the first half of the 16th century, nicknamed “la luz de España en la música” (the light of Spain in music). He not only worked in Spanish Cathedrals, but was also a singer in the Papal Choir of the Sistine Chapel for many years. His five-part Missa pro Defunctis, printed in Rome in 1544, is a requiem of magnificent proportions, a true milestone of Western sacred music.
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September 6, 19:30
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Germany
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St. Cyprian- und Corneliuskirche, Ganderkesee D. Buxtehude: Cantata “Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun” (BuxWV 51) + Part III of the Atelier “Wege zu Bach”, leaded by Lionel Meunier and other members of Vox Luminis since September 2, unlocks new doors to the Baroque grand master’s influences. One name keeps cropping up: Dieterich Buxtehude. In 1705, Bach made a pilgrimage from Arnstadt to Lübeck to see him, because it was here that the »Abendmusiken«, probably the world’s first public concert series, were held. The tradition established by his predecessor Franz Tunder in St. Mary’s Church was developed into a series of magnificent sacred concerts by Buxtehude. His cantata »Ihr Lieben Christen, freut euch nun«, which Bach may have heard, is testimony to this. Bach also made copies of works by Nicolaus Bruhns, a student of Buxtehude’s who died young in 1697, and contributed to their circulation after his return to central Germany.
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September 17, 19:30
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Germany
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Kreuzkirche, Bonn J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 + The marriage of convenience between Vox Luminis and the Freiburger Barockorchester has already regularly heated things up, in the positive sense of the word. The next step in their collaboration is Bach’s Mass in B, or Hohe Messe. No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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September 26, 20:00
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United Kingdom
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Wigmore Hall, London H. Purcell, King Arthur + After the Tudor composers and before Handel, it was Henry Purcell who gave the English baroque its soul. With its brilliant mix of tradition and innovation, the Orpheus Britannicus also conquered the heart of Vox Luminis: one of the most celebrated Belgian formations of the moment. With King Arthur, it serves up a dramatic opera in which the swords of the Saxons clash, Roman and Germanic gods bicker and an epic soundtrack swings from climax to climax.
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September 28, 20:00
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Belgium
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Salle Philharmonique, Liège H. Purcell, King Arthur + After the Tudor composers and before Handel, it was Henry Purcell who gave the English baroque its soul. With its brilliant mix of tradition and innovation, the Orpheus Britannicus also conquered the heart of Vox Luminis: one of the most celebrated Belgian formations of the moment. With King Arthur, it serves up a dramatic opera in which the swords of the Saxons clash, Roman and Germanic gods bicker and an epic soundtrack swings from climax to climax.
In collaboration with l’Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. |
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October 9, 20:00
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Belgium
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De Singel, Antwerp J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 + The marriage of convenience between Vox Luminis and the Freiburger Barockorchester has already regularly heated things up, in the positive sense of the word. The next step in their collaboration is Bach’s Mass in B, or Hohe Messe. No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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October 10, 20:00
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Germany
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Philharmonie, Berlin J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 + The marriage of convenience between Vox Luminis and the Freiburger Barockorchester has already regularly heated things up, in the positive sense of the word. The next step in their collaboration is Bach’s Mass in B, or Hohe Messe. No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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October 11, 20:00
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Germany
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Liederhalle, Stuttgart J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 + The marriage of convenience between Vox Luminis and the Freiburger Barockorchester has already regularly heated things up, in the positive sense of the word. The next step in their collaboration is Bach’s Mass in B, or Hohe Messe. No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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October 13, 20:00
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Germany
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Konzerthaus, Freiburg J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 + The marriage of convenience between Vox Luminis and the Freiburger Barockorchester has already regularly heated things up, in the positive sense of the word. The next step in their collaboration is Bach’s Mass in B, or Hohe Messe. No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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October 27, 16:00
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USA
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Corpus Christi Church, New York Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem + Because Lutherans do not have a fixed funeral service, Brahms selected texts from various Biblical sources for his German Requiem. Resident artists Vox Luminis trace a path from those texts to some of the familiar and less-familiar pages of their core repertoire, works that set to music exactly the same texts that Brahms selected.
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November 2, 19:30
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Canada
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University of Alberta, Edmonton Bach, the Arnstadt Connection + From Heinrich to Johann Sebastian, the singers and players of Vox Luminis weave a rich tapestry of life and music in the German Baroque, early and late.
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November 3, 19:00
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Canada
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University of Calgary, Calgary Bach, the Arnstadt Connection + From Heinrich to Johann Sebastian, the singers and players of Vox Luminis weave a rich tapestry of life and music in the German Baroque, early and late.
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November 4, 19:30
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Canada
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University of Calgary, Calgary Bach, the Arnstadt Connection + From Heinrich to Johann Sebastian, the singers and players of Vox Luminis weave a rich tapestry of life and music in the German Baroque, early and late.
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November 6, 19:30
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USA
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St. Mary’s Cathedral, Portland Sacro Monteverdi + In 1641 Monteverdi published his Selva morale e spirituali, a major retrospective that he produced of sacred works produced over nearly three decades as musical director at St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. Covering a wide range of styles and emotions, they make use of the expressive resources he had developed as a master of the church motet, secular madrigal and opera. Vox Luminis’s selection ranges from large-scale, colourfully accompanied motets to intimate creations for just a few singers and players.
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November 7, 19:30
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USA
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St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle Sacro Monteverdi + In 1641 Monteverdi published his Selva morale e spirituali, a major retrospective that he produced of sacred works produced over nearly three decades as musical director at St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. Covering a wide range of styles and emotions, they make use of the expressive resources he had developed as a master of the church motet, secular madrigal and opera. Vox Luminis’s selection ranges from large-scale, colourfully accompanied motets to intimate creations for just a few singers and players.
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November 9, 19:30
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USA
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St.James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem + Because Lutherans do not have a fixed funeral service, Brahms selected texts from various Biblical sources for his German Requiem. Resident artists Vox Luminis trace a path from those texts to some of the familiar and less-familiar pages of their core repertoire, works that set to music exactly the same texts that Brahms selected.
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November 21, 20:30
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France
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Oratoire du Louvre, Paris Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem + Because Lutherans do not have a fixed funeral service, Brahms selected texts from various Biblical sources for his German Requiem. Resident artists Vox Luminis trace a path from those texts to some of the familiar and less-familiar pages of their core repertoire, works that set to music exactly the same texts that Brahms selected.
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November 22, 20:15
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The Netherlands
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Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem + Because Lutherans do not have a fixed funeral service, Brahms selected texts from various Biblical sources for his German Requiem. Resident artists Vox Luminis trace a path from those texts to some of the familiar and less-familiar pages of their core repertoire, works that set to music exactly the same texts that Brahms selected.
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November 23, 19:00
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Estonia
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Estonia kontserdisaal, Tallinn Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem + Because Lutherans do not have a fixed funeral service, Brahms selected texts from various Biblical sources for his German Requiem. Resident artists Vox Luminis trace a path from those texts to some of the familiar and less-familiar pages of their core repertoire, works that set to music exactly the same texts that Brahms selected.
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November 24, 17:00
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Latvia
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Concert Hall Latvija, Ventspils Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem + Because Lutherans do not have a fixed funeral service, Brahms selected texts from various Biblical sources for his German Requiem. Resident artists Vox Luminis trace a path from those texts to some of the familiar and less-familiar pages of their core repertoire, works that set to music exactly the same texts that Brahms selected.
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December 13, 19:30
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Germany
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Reinoldihaus Dortmund, Dortmund The Young Haendel + Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4
Nisi Dominus, HWV 238 Laudate Pueri, HWV 237 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Georg Friedrich Haendel came of age in … Italy. He lived there for five years and fully mastered the Italian style between 1706 and 1710. He came to Rome in 1707, immediately winning over his Roman patrons with the liturgical, sometimes festive, sometimes intimate compositions Dixit dominus and Nisi dominus. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis rejoice in three brilliant, extroverted psalm settings Handel wrote in Rome for the noble Colonna family. |
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December 14, 20:15
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The Netherlands
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Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam The Young Haendel + Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4
Nisi Dominus, HWV 238 Laudate Pueri, HWV 237 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Georg Friedrich Haendel came of age in … Italy. He lived there for five years and fully mastered the Italian style between 1706 and 1710. He came to Rome in 1707, immediately winning over his Roman patrons with the liturgical, sometimes festive, sometimes intimate compositions Dixit dominus and Nisi dominus. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis rejoice in three brilliant, extroverted psalm settings Handel wrote in Rome for the noble Colonna family. |
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December 15, 20:00
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Belgium
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Concertgebouw, Bruges The Young Haendel + Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4
Nisi Dominus, HWV 238 Laudate Pueri, HWV 237 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Georg Friedrich Haendel came of age in … Italy. He lived there for five years and fully mastered the Italian style between 1706 and 1710. He came to Rome in 1707, immediately winning over his Roman patrons with the liturgical, sometimes festive, sometimes intimate compositions Dixit dominus and Nisi dominus. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis rejoice in three brilliant, extroverted psalm settings Handel wrote in Rome for the noble Colonna family. |
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December 17, 20:15
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Belgium
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Flagey, Brussels The Young Haendel + Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4
Nisi Dominus, HWV 238 Laudate Pueri, HWV 237 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Georg Friedrich Haendel came of age in … Italy. He lived there for five years and fully mastered the Italian style between 1706 and 1710. He came to Rome in 1707, immediately winning over his Roman patrons with the liturgical, sometimes festive, sometimes intimate compositions Dixit dominus and Nisi dominus. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis rejoice in three brilliant, extroverted psalm settings Handel wrote in Rome for the noble Colonna family. |
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December 18, 20:00
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France
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L’Arsenal, Metz The Young Haendel + Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4
Nisi Dominus, HWV 238 Laudate Pueri, HWV 237 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Georg Friedrich Haendel came of age in … Italy. He lived there for five years and fully mastered the Italian style between 1706 and 1710. He came to Rome in 1707, immediately winning over his Roman patrons with the liturgical, sometimes festive, sometimes intimate compositions Dixit dominus and Nisi dominus. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis rejoice in three brilliant, extroverted psalm settings Handel wrote in Rome for the noble Colonna family. |
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December 21, 19:00
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Belgium
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Abbaye musicale, Malonne The Young Haendel + Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4
Nisi Dominus, HWV 238 Laudate Pueri, HWV 237 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Georg Friedrich Haendel came of age in … Italy. He lived there for five years and fully mastered the Italian style between 1706 and 1710. He came to Rome in 1707, immediately winning over his Roman patrons with the liturgical, sometimes festive, sometimes intimate compositions Dixit dominus and Nisi dominus. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis rejoice in three brilliant, extroverted psalm settings Handel wrote in Rome for the noble Colonna family. |
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