All Souls - A Royal Farewell

Every religion has its own way of dealing with death. For All Souls, Lionel Meunier – artistic director of the acclaimed Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis – is bringing together the Anglican, Catholic and Protestant views of saying farewell. The programme goes from the stately English funeral music of Purcell and Morley, written on the deaths of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, via the hopeful works of Bach’s cousin Johann Christoph Bach, to the moving Kaiserrequiem by Fux, composed for the late empress Eleonora von Neuburg. A religious triptych filled with wonderful, soothing, spiritual music to commemorate the dead.

Works

Henry Purcell
Hear my prayer, Z 15
The Queen’s Funeral March, Z 860
Thou knowest, Lord, Z 58b
Canzona, Z 860

Thomas Morley
I am the resurrection and the life
I know that my Redeemer liveth
We brought nothing into this world
Man that is born of a woman
I heard a voice from heav’n

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

Performers

Netherlands Bach Society
Lionel Meunier, conductor