Motets by the Bach family in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli, 24 August 2016

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Reviewed at Gamle Aker Church, Oslo on 21 August 2016

Bach, Unser Leben ist ein Schatten

Bach, Sei nun wieder zufrieden

Bach J.M., Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil

Bach J.M., Sei, lieber Tag, willkommen

Bach J.M., Nun treten wir ins neue Jahr

Bach J.M., Halt was du hast

Bach J.M., Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf

Bach J.C., Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren

Bach J.C., Fürchte dich nicht

Bach J.L., Das Blut Jesu Christi

Bach J.L., Das ist meine Freude

Bach, Jesu, meine Freude - motet, BWV227

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Vox Luminis bring radiant Advent performances to northern Germany, filling Hamburg’s winter evening with joy, clarity and winter-firewood charm.

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Dazzling King Arthur from Vox Luminis in Valletta

David Smythe, 14th January

Vox Luminis, directed by Lionel Meunier and his dozen hand-picked singers, delight with a virtuosic performance of Purcell’s King Arthur at the Valletta Baroque Festival.

*****

Myth illustrated with music: King Arthur

Charlotte Valori, 22nd June

A joyous, consummately skilful account from Vox Luminis breathed delightful life into Purcell and Dryden's unusual semi-opera at Snape Maltings.

****1

Light & Shadow: Vox Luminis at Cambridge

Charlotte Valori, 12th May

A gorgeous evening of supremely confident, and well-executed, Elizabethan choral music from exciting Belgian choir Vox Luminis.

*****

Vox Luminis perform glorious music fit for a King

David Truslove, 25th October

The Belgium-based vocal ensemble presented a programme of vocal and choral delights from 17th century England with mixed results.

****1

Encantadora Reina de las hadas con Vox Luminis en el Teatro Real

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 15th November

Vox Luminis, con Lionel Meunier a la cabeza, ofreció una versión de gran solidez musical de La reina de las hadas.

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.

Men called Johann: Motets by the Bach family in Oslo