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Vivid intensity and profound expressivity: Vox Luminis explores the world of the 17th century Italian Stabat Mater at Wigmore Hall
[…] glorious ten-part Stabat Mater but which also took in an anonymous 13th century lai, Lamentation de la Vierge au Croix, Antonio Lotti's Crucifixus a8, Monteverdi's Adoramus te Christe and music by two lesser-known 17th century figures, Domenico Mazzocchi and Alessandro Della Ciaia, all focusing on the crucifixion and the lamentation of the Virgin at the foot of the cross.Vox Luminis fielded an ensemble of eleven singers, directed from within by artistic director and bass Lionel Meunier, plus theorbo (Simon Linné), harp (Sarah Ridy), violone (James Munro) and organ (Anthony Romaniuk), though until the encore (further Monteverdi) we never heard all the singers on stage at once and the programme moved between a single voice right through to the ten voices, always one per part.We began with the anonymous lai, sung from the balcony by one of the sopranos. Unaccompanied and intensely personal, this was a very affecting performance with beautifully […]
2022-02-03 18:52:33
As the creator of the Paris Play-Direct Academy, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris (OCP) recently introduced its new composers academy for the 2021-2022 season and beyond. The selected emerging artists for the current edition of the academy are Ana Meunier, Farnaz Modarresifar, Selim Jeon, and Haeun Choi. Having already had completed the academy’s […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2021-05-26 07:11:13
Introducing the music of Katia Makdissi-Warren
[…] a dozen musicians in a skilful blend of western and eastern influences ' The music will include six works by Makdissi-Warren, Dialogue du silence (2003), Jetstream (2007), Ô Virtus (2018), Chants du prophète (2012, 21), La dame du Nil (2011), and the premiere of Dialogue de l'écho (2003, 2021) performed by Marie-Hélène Breault, artistic director, arrangements, flutes ; Guy Pelletier, flutes; Geneviève Déraspe, flutes; Jeffrey Stonehouse, flutes ; Ghislaine Deschambault, mezzo-soprano; Vincent Ranallo, baritone; Catherine Meunier, percussions ; Pamela Reimer, piano ; Antoine Malette-Chénier, harp. The concert's artistic director Marie-Hélène Breault has been working with the composer for 15 years, and describes Makdissi-Warren's music has having a dialogue between cultures, so that several pieces on the programme are inspired by taqasim, a form of improvisation found in Arab music. The concert is free, full details from the SMCQ website.
2021-03-05 08:00:21
An intimate & private piece: Heinrich Biber's Requiem in a superb new account from Vox Luminis & Freiburg Barockconsort on Alpha
Biber Requiem; Vox Luminis, Freiburger Barockconsort, Lionel Meunier; Alpha Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 2 March 2021 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) Biber's Requiem is the focus of a finely crafted programme of music by German-speaking composers influenced by the Italian Baroque To say that Biber's Requiem in F minor is one of his most famous sacred compositions, as the booklet note on a new recording of the work does, is frankly not saying a lot at all. Whilst Biber is famed for his Mystery Sonatas and the Battaglia, his sacred music remains somewhat elevated and distant. There are a number of recordings of Biber's sacred works, including the Requiem and the huge Missa Salisburgensis but none of them are really familiar. So having a new disc of the work, sensitively performed, is more than welcome. On this new disc from Alpha Classics, Vox Luminis (artistic director Lionel […]
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