The Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis, one of the most illustrious in Europe, will be at L’Auditori on 1 December to present its recording Abendmusiken, featuring works by Dietrich Buxtehude. The album, released on the Alpha label, recently won in the Choral category of the prestigious Gramophone Awards, an accolade that further reaffirms the celebrated reputation of the ensemble.
”Perfectly balanced and beautifully recorded, this is another outstanding release from Lionel Meunier and his team”.
Gramophone
The album is a tribute to the series of Sunday evening concerts that Buxtehude presented during Advent at the Marienkirche in Lübeck (which spurred Bach to walk 400 km to attend).
Buxtehude succeeded Franz Tunder who had initiated these evening performances with organ music and a variety of vocal pieces. The new organist reorganised the concerts and scheduled them to take place on the five Sundays preceding Christmas. He also increased the number of musicians who took part, wrote new music, and even had books with some of the performed pieces printed.
Vox Luminis, directed by Lionel Meunier, brings one of these concerts back to life at L’Auditori. The concert includes a series of cantatas that Buxtehude composed exclusively for these Abendmusiken. Away from the routine of writing each Sunday’s liturgical music, the organist found a rekindled interest in composition, demonstrating an incomparable quality and rhetoric.
Premi Gramophone per a Vox Luminis i el seu disc amb música de Buxtehude, que presentaran l’1 de desembre a L’Auditori
10-Oct-2019 – Aleix Palau