All Souls’ Day
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Sat 8 Nov 202520:15 - 22:00Grote Zaal
Program
Henry Purcell Hear my prayer / The Queen's Funeral March / Thou knowest, Lord / Canzona
Thomas Morley The First Dirge Anthem: I am the resurrection and the life / The Second Dirge Anthem: We brought nothing into this world / The Third Dirge Anthem: I heard a voice from heaven / I know that my Redeemer liveth / Man that is born of a woman In the midst of life
Johann Michael Bach Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt
Johann Christoph Bach Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren / Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig
Johann Joseph Fux Kaiserrequiem
Credits
Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Lionel Meunier conductor
Annually on All Souls’ Day, the Bach Association commemorates the departed with the most beautiful baroque music. Conductor Lionel Meunier – artistic director of the lauded Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis – chose gems by Purcell, Morley, Fux, and Johann Christoph Bach, written for royal funerals. Beautiful, soothing, spiritual music to remember those who have passed.
Every religion has its own way of dealing with death. Lionel Meunier combines the Anglican, Catholic and Protestant perspectives on parting in this programme. We hear the dignified English funeral music of Purcell and Morley, written on the passing of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, and the hopeful compositions of Bach’s great-uncle, Johann Christoph Bach. Johann Fux composed his poignant Kaiser Requiem in memory of the late Empress Eleonora von Neuburg.
