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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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November 27, 20:30
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Spain
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Capilla del Colegio Mayor Fonseca, Salamanca – SOLD OUT
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 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 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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October 30, 19:30
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USA
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St. James by-the-Sea, La Jolla CA
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
Arts on Alexander, 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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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 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 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 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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