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September 24, 15:30
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France
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Abbaye de Royaumont
Festival de Royaumont
Light & Shadow
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
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All ears are tuned to the voices of Vox Luminis as they embark upon a dialectic of two extreme poles: those of Light and Shadow. This musical programme follows the course of a man who entrusts, gets lost, sees himself destroyed and seems to be able to rise just before his encounter with death. In Elizabethan English polyphony, the themes interweave to create an infinity of nuance. The different positions of the singers throughout the concert add extra depth, resonance and meaning to the quest from the darkness towards the light. In the darkest of darkness and facing the obstacles of life, a glimmer of hope arises. What beckons is clarity of spirit, sparkling beauty, and divine intelligence; the principle of knowledge and consciousness.
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September 28, 20:00
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Austria
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Mariendom Linz
Int. Brucknerfest Linz
C. Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
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Under the direction of Lionel Meunier, the acclaimed Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis performs Monteverdi’s masterful Marian Vespers in St. Mary’s Cathedral.
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October 1, 19:30
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United Kingdom
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Wigmore Hall, London
E. de Cavalieri, Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ In 1600, the composer Emilio de’ Cavalieri wrote bitterly that he and not Jacopo Peri had invented opera. Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo would therefore seem to have been the very first opera. Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione, with its mix of dance, drama and music has since become a key work in our art history.
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October 2, 19:30
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Germany
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Reinoldihaus, Dortmund
E. de Cavalieri, Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ In 1600, the composer Emilio de’ Cavalieri wrote bitterly that he and not Jacopo Peri had invented opera. Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo would therefore seem to have been the very first opera. Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione, with its mix of dance, drama and music has since become a key work in our art history.
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October 6, 20:00
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Belgium
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De Bijloke, Ghent
E. de Cavalieri, Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo
Sophia Faltas: Anima
Raffaele Giordani: Corpo/Tempo
Emilie Lauwers: concept, scenography and video
Benoit De Leersnijder: mise-en-espace
Mario Melo Costa: video
Luc Schatlin: lighting design
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di anima e di corpo magnifies voices and bodies in what was, at the dawn of the 17th century, the first oratorio to combine scenography, dance and music. Under the direction of Lionel Meunier, the voices of Vox Luminis bring to life the allegorical quarrel between Body and Soul. Emilie Lauwers’ scenography builds a bridge between the past and present in her interpretation of this leading work in art history.
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October 13, 20:15
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Belgium
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Flagey, Brussels
E. de Cavalieri, Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo
Sophia Faltas: Anima
Raffaele Giordani: Corpo/Tempo
Emilie Lauwers: concept, scenography and video
Benoit De Leersnijder: mise-en-espace
Mario Melo Costa: video
Luc Schatlin: lighting design
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ To open the Flagey Choir Days, Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di anima e di corpo magnifies voices and bodies in what was, at the dawn of the 17th century, the first oratorio to combine scenography, dance and music. Under the direction of Lionel Meunier, curator of the festival, the voices of Vox Luminis bring to life the allegorical quarrel between Body and Soul. Emilie Lauwers’ scenography builds a bridge between the past and present in her interpretation of this leading work in art history.
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October 19, 19:30
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USA
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Moss Arts Center, Blacksburg VA
The Early Cantatas
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis tackles Johann Sebastian himself, in a programme of cantatas composed in 1707/1708, which are thus among the composer’s earliest. Notable among them is the poignant cantata ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (“God’s time is the best of all times”) BWV 106, also known as the ‘Actus tragicus’, which was composed for a funeral ceremony. Bach was therefore just twenty-two years old when he wrote this cantata, which opens with a deeply moving dialogue for recorders and continues with the equally fervent chorus ‘Gottes Zeit…’.
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October 21, 20:00
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USA
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, New York City
The Early Cantatas
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis tackles Johann Sebastian himself, in a programme of cantatas composed in 1707/1708, which are thus among the composer’s earliest. Notable among them is the poignant cantata ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (“God’s time is the best of all times”) BWV 106, also known as the ‘Actus tragicus’, which was composed for a funeral ceremony. Bach was therefore just twenty-two years old when he wrote this cantata, which opens with a deeply moving dialogue for recorders and continues with the equally fervent chorus ‘Gottes Zeit…’.
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October 22, 15:00
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USA
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Peter in Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati OH
The Early Cantatas
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis tackles Johann Sebastian himself, in a programme of cantatas composed in 1707/1708, which are thus among the composer’s earliest. Notable among them is the poignant cantata ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (“God’s time is the best of all times”) BWV 106, also known as the ‘Actus tragicus’, which was composed for a funeral ceremony. Bach was therefore just twenty-two years old when he wrote this cantata, which opens with a deeply moving dialogue for recorders and continues with the equally fervent chorus ‘Gottes Zeit…’.
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October 27, 19:30
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USA
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Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Austin TX
The Early Cantatas
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis tackles Johann Sebastian himself, in a programme of cantatas composed in 1707/1708, which are thus among the composer’s earliest. Notable among them is the poignant cantata ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (“God’s time is the best of all times”) BWV 106, also known as the ‘Actus tragicus’, which was composed for a funeral ceremony. Bach was therefore just twenty-two years old when he wrote this cantata, which opens with a deeply moving dialogue for recorders and continues with the equally fervent chorus ‘Gottes Zeit…’.
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November 2, 19:00
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USA
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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco
The Early Cantatas
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis tackles Johann Sebastian himself, in a programme of cantatas composed in 1707/1708, which are thus among the composer’s earliest. Notable among them is the poignant cantata ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (“God’s time is the best of all times”) BWV 106, also known as the ‘Actus tragicus’, which was composed for a funeral ceremony. Bach was therefore just twenty-two years old when he wrote this cantata, which opens with a deeply moving dialogue for recorders and continues with the equally fervent chorus ‘Gottes Zeit…’.
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November 25, 20:30
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Spain
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Sacra Capilla de El Salvador, Ubeda
Festival de Musica Antigua de Ubeda y Baeza
Officium defunctorum
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis presents a program with polyphony of the two great sixteenth-century Spanish composers who worked in Rome for a long time: the Sevillian Cristóbal de Morales and, half a century younger, the Castilian Tomás Luís de Victoria. Victoria’s Officium defunctorum in 6 parts was composed in 1603 for the funeral of Charles’ daughter Empress Maria of Austria. The work, which Victoria himself considered his swan song, symbolically marks the end of an era, that of the imitative polyphony that had dominated the world of European music for more than a century.
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November 27, 20:30
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Spain
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Capilla del Colegio Mayor Fonseca, Salamanca
Officium defunctorum
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis presents a program with polyphony of the two great sixteenth-century Spanish composers who worked in Rome for a long time: the Sevillian Cristóbal de Morales and, half a century younger, the Castilian Tomás Luís de Victoria. Victoria’s Officium defunctorum in 6 parts was composed in 1603 for the funeral of Charles V’ daughter Empress Maria of Austria. The work, which Victoria himself considered his swan song, symbolically marks the end of an era, that of the imitative polyphony that had dominated the world of European music for more than a century.
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November 29, 19:30
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Spain
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Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid
Officium defunctorum
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ Vox Luminis presents a program with polyphony of the two great sixteenth-century Spanish composers who worked in Rome for a long time: the Sevillian Cristóbal de Morales and, half a century younger, the Castilian Tomás Luís de Victoria. Victoria’s Officium defunctorum in 6 parts was composed in 1603 for the funeral of Charles’ daughter Empress Maria of Austria. The work, which Victoria himself considered his swan song, symbolically marks the end of an era, that of the imitative polyphony that had dominated the world of European music for more than a century.
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December 16, 20:00
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Belgium
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de Singel, Antwerp
J. S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 – Cantatas 1,2,3 & 6
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ There is no better prelude to Christmas than Bach’s festive Christmas Oratorio. In the run-up to Christmas 1734, fifty-year-old Bach – then at the height of his artistic ability – assembled his entire Christmas oratorio in just a few weeks. To accomplish this, he drew from his entire oeuvre and thus saved some of his finest melodies from oblivion. Vox Luminis brings us four cantatas from Bach’s joyful Christmas story.
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December 19, 20:00
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France
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Chapelle de la Trinité, Lyon
J. S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 – Cantatas 1,2,3 & 6
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ There is no better prelude to Christmas than Bach’s festive Christmas Oratorio. In the run-up to Christmas 1734, fifty-year-old Bach – then at the height of his artistic ability – assembled his entire Christmas oratorio in just a few weeks. To accomplish this, he drew from his entire oeuvre and thus saved some of his finest melodies from oblivion. Vox Luminis brings us four cantatas from Bach’s joyful Christmas story.
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December 21, 20:30
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Belgium
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Abbaye musicale de Malonne, Namur
J. S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 – Cantatas 1,2,3 & 6
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ There is no better prelude to Christmas than Bach’s festive Christmas Oratorio. In the run-up to Christmas 1734, fifty-year-old Bach – then at the height of his artistic ability – assembled his entire Christmas oratorio in just a few weeks. To accomplish this, he drew from his entire oeuvre and thus saved some of his finest melodies from oblivion. Vox Luminis brings us four cantatas from Bach’s joyful Christmas story.
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December 23, 20:00
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Belgium
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Concertgebouw, Bruges
J. S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 – Cantatas 1,2,3 & 6
Vox Luminis
artistic direction: Lionel Meunier
+ There is no better prelude to Christmas than Bach’s festive Christmas Oratorio. In the run-up to Christmas 1734, fifty-year-old Bach – then at the height of his artistic ability – assembled his entire Christmas oratorio in just a few weeks. To accomplish this, he drew from his entire oeuvre and thus saved some of his finest melodies from oblivion. Resident artists Vox Luminis brings us four cantatas from Bach’s joyful Christmas story.
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January 14, 19:30
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Malta
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Teatru Manoel, Valletta
H. Purcell, King Arthur
artistic directior: Lionel Meunier
actor: Simon Robson
+ 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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