From its very first notes in 2004, early music ensemble Vox Luminis has claimed the international spotlight with its unique sound. Founder, artistic director and bass Lionel Meunier composed the ensemble in such a way that each voice can shine solo as well as merge into one luminous fabric of sound.

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Special Guests: Vox Luminis

St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Last summer, Vox Luminis wowed Berkeley Festival audiences with their numinous, finely tuned sound and exquisite vocal blend. They return to our stage this season with a program showcasing the early Bach cantatas—perhaps not as well known as his later works, but no less worthy of Vox Luminis’ wealth of talent and scholarly approach to the music.

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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

The Belgian baroque ensemble Vox Luminis has soared to international acclaim since its founding in 2004, garnering two Gramophone awards—Recording of the Year (2012) and Best Choral Album (2019)—among countless others. This concert will feature music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, and members of Bach’s family connected with the German town of Arnstadt, where several generations of the Bach family contributed to musical life for more than 200 years.

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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

Join us for our Festival finale with Vox Luminis, performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s iconic Magnificat, as well as a setting of the same text by Bach’s venerable predecessor at St. Thomas’s Church in Leipzig, Johann Kuhnau. Enjoy these two sumptuous and exuberant works, which demonstrate the high level of instrumental and vocal playing available to Kuhnau and Bach over their seven decades as cantors of St. Thomas. This exultant Christmas in June will leave listeners eagerly awaiting the return of the Festival in 2024.

First Congregational Church

Internationally-renowned Festival favorite Vox Luminis returns with Dietrich Buxtehude’s remarkable meditation on the body of the crucified Christ. A work of deep profundity, the seven-cantata Membra Jesu nostri employs relatively limited vocal and instrumental forces—for the most part, five voice parts, two violins and basso continuo—to create an atmosphere of dramatic exultation. Be prepared to be entranced by Vox Luminis’s traversal of this most ambitious work by the master of Lübeck.

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Nov 9, 2024

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Nov 2, 2023

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