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March 15, 19:00
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Germany
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Konzerthaus, Freiburg Geistliches Singen und Spielen – G. P. Telemann +
With his first year of cantatas created for the Eisenach court in 1710, Telemann devised a new form of church cantata: sequences of recitatives and arias as in the opera combined with words from the Bible and Protestant hymns were now features of sacred music. Bach, at this time in service to the court in Weimar and in close contact with Telemann, must have taken a keen interest and profited richly in his Leipzig cantatas.
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March 16, 20:00
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Germany
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Liederhalle, Stuttgart Geistliches Singen und Spielen – G. P. Telemann +
When it comes to conveying spiritual content to the congregation, all available means must be used. The poet, theologian and rhetorician Erdmann Neumeister and Telemann agreed on this, and the development of sacred music in the Protestant world around 1700 was strongly influenced by this view. Neumeister’s transfer of operatic poetic forms to church music texts, in which recitative and aria were combined with Bible verses (dictums) and chorales, led to the development of Geistliches Singen und Spielen (spiritual singing and playing). Telemann’s setting of these texts from 1710/11 for Eisenach became a model for Protestant church music. Neumeister’s lyrical expression and rhetorical richness met with Telemann’s imaginative composition, clearly demonstrating the possibilities offered by the four textual and musical components in terms of content and emotional impact. Telemann combines high artistic standards with the direct accessibility of his music, and the popularity of the work was widespread and long-lasting.
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March 24, 20:30
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Spain
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Auditorio Ciudad, León Ein deutsches Barockrequiem +
For his deutsches Requiem, Brahms was able to compose his own liturgy, as the Lutherans were not familiar with the Mass for the Dead. Vox Luminis follows its own path, exploring well-known and lesser-known pages of its repertoire, working with the same texts that Brahms used.
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March 25, 19:30
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Spain
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Auditorio Nacional, Madrid Ein deutsches Barockrequiem +
For his deutsches Requiem, Brahms was able to compose his own liturgy, as the Lutherans were not familiar with the Mass for the Dead. Vox Luminis follows its own path, exploring well-known and lesser-known pages of its repertoire, working with the same texts that Brahms used.
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March 26, 19:30
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Spain
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Sociedad Filarmónica, Bilbao Ein deutsches Barockrequiem +
For his deutsches Requiem, Brahms was able to compose his own liturgy, as the Lutherans were not familiar with the Mass for the Dead. Vox Luminis follows its own path, exploring well-known and lesser-known pages of its repertoire, working with the same texts that Brahms used.
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March 28, 19:00
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Germany
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Georgenkirche, Eisenach Geistlichen Singen und Spielen – G.P. Telemann +
With his first year of cantatas created for the Eisenach court in 1710, Telemann devised a new form of church cantata: sequences of recitatives and arias as in the opera combined with words from the Bible and Protestant hymns were now features of sacred music. Bach, at this time in service to the court in Weimar and in close contact with Telemann, must have taken a keen interest and profited richly in his Leipzig cantatas.
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April 1, 19:30
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United Kingdom
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Wigmore Hall, London Matthäus Passion – J. Sebastiani +
German composer Johann Sebastiani’s (1622-1683) interpretation of the Matthew’s Passion is three times shorter than Bach’s masterpiece and precedes it by about half a century. By the 17th century, settings of the Passion narrative had become the speciality of the Lutheran church. Sebastiani is said to have been the first to incorporate Lutheran chorales into the score, providing the solo voices with an accompaniment of strings and continuo. His score alternates recitatives for the evangelist and the words of Christ with hymns and chorales provided by the other singers. The work has a subtle alternation of the different movements thanks to a deliberately chosen instrumentation – only two violins accompany the words of Christ, while the chorales of the soprano solo are accompanied only by the four violas.
Agostino Steffani’s Stabat Mater from 1728 completes this beautiful Passion concerto. |
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April 2, 20:00
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Poland
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Cloth Hall, Kraków Matthäus Passion – J. Sebastiani +
German composer Johann Sebastiani’s (1622-1683) interpretation of the Matthew’s Passion is three times shorter than Bach’s masterpiece and precedes it by about half a century. By the 17th century, settings of the Passion narrative had become the speciality of the Lutheran church. Sebastiani is said to have been the first to incorporate Lutheran chorales into the score, providing the solo voices with an accompaniment of strings and continuo. His score alternates recitatives for the evangelist and the words of Christ with hymns and chorales provided by the other singers. The work has a subtle alternation of the different movements thanks to a deliberately chosen instrumentation – only two violins accompany the words of Christ, while the chorales of the soprano solo are accompanied only by the four violas.
Agostino Steffani’s Stabat Mater from 1728 completes this beautiful Passion concerto. |
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April 4, 18:00
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Spain
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Castell de Peralada, Peralada Ein deutsches Barockrequiem +
For his deutsches Requiem, Brahms was able to compose his own liturgy, as the Lutherans were not familiar with the Mass for the Dead. Vox Luminis follows its own path, exploring well-known and lesser-known pages of its repertoire, working with the same texts that Brahms used.
On the afternoon of Holy Saturday, the Carme Church at the Castle of Peralada will host an intense and meditative sound experience, where each vocal line and word is articulated with clarity, resonating with the beauty of a Teutonic Baroque often unexplored on stage. |
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April 25, 20:00
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Belgium
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BOZAR, Brussels Magnificat – C.P.E Bach (Wq 215) +
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – the son of – also left his mark on music history. As a composer at the crux of the Baroque and classical periods, his pieces are bursting with expressivity and a rapid succession of sharp contrasts. His Symphony in E minor is no exception, as he ramps up the drama with sudden silences. In the Magnificat, he sets himself against his father. CPE delivers a moving work that transports its audiences. Vox Luminis and B’Rock give inimitable shape to this music bursting with emotion.
This production is realized with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government through Flanders Tax Shelter. |
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April 26, 16:00
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Germany
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Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne Magnificat – C.P.E Bach (Wq 215) +
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – the son of – also left his mark on music history. As a composer at the crux of the Baroque and classical periods, his pieces are bursting with expressivity and a rapid succession of sharp contrasts. His Symphony in E minor is no exception, as he ramps up the drama with sudden silences. In the Magnificat, he sets himself against his father. CPE delivers a moving work that transports its audiences. Vox Luminis and B’Rock give inimitable shape to this music bursting with emotion.
This production is realized with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government through Flanders Tax Shelter. |
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May 5, 20:00
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Belgium
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Grand Manège, Namur Birthday Odes – H. Purcell +
In his brief life, Henry Purcell managed to rise high and forge important relationships, even at the English royal court. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis reveal how Purcell managed to delight and surprise Queen Mary with festive birthday wishes in his Birthday Odes. Trumpets, exquisite choral work and an exuberant call to the people to join in the celebrations… more than enough to guarantee a lavish party.
Coproduction: Perpodium |
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May 6, 20:30
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France
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Salle Gaveau, Paris Birthday Odes – H. Purcell +
In his brief life, Henry Purcell managed to rise high and forge important relationships, even at the English royal court. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis reveal how Purcell managed to delight and surprise Queen Mary with festive birthday wishes in his Birthday Odes. Trumpets, exquisite choral work and an exuberant call to the people to join in the celebrations… more than enough to guarantee a lavish party.
Coproduction: Perpodium |
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May 8, 20:00
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Belgium
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Concertgebouw, Bruges Birthday Odes – H. Purcell +
In his brief life, Henry Purcell managed to rise high and forge important relationships, even at the English royal court. Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis reveal how Purcell managed to delight and surprise Queen Mary with festive birthday wishes in his Birthday Odes. Trumpets, exquisite choral work and an exuberant call to the people to join in the celebrations… more than enough to guarantee a lavish party.
Coproduction: Perpodium |
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May 15, 20:00
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Germany
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Kloster Knechtsteden, Dormagen Mass in B minor (BWV 232) – J.S. Bach +
No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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May 16, 19:30
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Germany
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TauberPhilharmonie, Weikersheim Mass in B minor (BWV 232) – J.S. Bach +
No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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May 17, 17:00
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Switzerland
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St. Johann, Schaffhausen Mass in B minor (BWV 232) – J.S. Bach +
No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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May 28, 20:30
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France
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Basilique, Saint-Denis Magnificat in D (BWV 243) – J.S. Bach Vox Luminis +
In December 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach had just taken up his post as Cantor at St Thomas’s Church in Leipzig. He then composed one of his most famous works for 25 December: the Magnificat. This piece would become one of the greatest European masterpieces of sacred music.
In November 1739, Georg Friedrich Handel premiered his Ode to Saint Cecilia on the feast day of the patron saint of music. This composition, somewhere between a cantata and an oratorio, extols the role of music in the harmony of the universe. |
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June 13, 13:00
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Germany
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Nikolaikirche, Leipzig TOP 50 Bach Cantatas III +
Bachfest Leipzig presents for the second time the Cantata Ring. For six months, people around the world were able to vote to determine the top 50 Bach cantatas. More than 7,000 votes were cast, and the results – kept secret until the festival – will be presented from 12 to 17 June 2026 in the style of a radio programme: starting with No. 50 and working down to No. 1!
Vox Luminis is one of six privileged ensembles to perform this project and will present cantatas ranked 42nd to 38th. |
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June 15, 16:00
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Nikolaikirche, Leipzig TOP 50 Bach Cantatas VII +
Bachfest Leipzig presents for the second time the Cantata Ring. For six months, people around the world were able to vote to determine the top 50 Bach cantatas. More than 7,000 votes were cast, and the results – kept secret until the festival – will be presented from 12 to 17 June 2026 in the style of a radio programme: starting with No. 50 and working down to No. 1!
Vox Luminis is one of six privileged ensembles to perform this project and will present cantatas ranked 24th to 21st. |
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June 18, 20:30
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The Netherlands
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Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam Spem in alium +
In this unique and exclusive project, forty Vox Luminis singers enter into a dialogue with the refined dance language of Japanese choreographer Saburo Teshigawara. Teshigawara is a master at translating classical music into dance. Together they perform the haunting Spem in alium, complementing this with other gems of English music from the 16th to the 20th century. An experience that promises to be both impressive and stunningly beautiful.
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June 19, 20:30
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The Netherlands
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Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam Spem in alium +
In this unique and exclusive project, forty Vox Luminis singers enter into a dialogue with the refined dance language of Japanese choreographer Saburo Teshigawara. Teshigawara is a master at translating classical music into dance. Together they perform the haunting Spem in alium, complementing this with other gems of English music from the 16th to the 20th century. An experience that promises to be both impressive and stunningly beautiful.
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July 5, 17:30
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France
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Basilique Notre-Dame, Beaune Mass in B minor (BWV 232) – J.S. Bach +
No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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July 16, 21:00
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France
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Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes Stabat Mater – D. Scarlatti +
Vox Luminis will be performing an anthology work, Domenico Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater.
The epicentre is the Virgin Mary’s feelings. The piece expresses her love for the Infant Jesus and her profound suffering at the crucifixion of her son. The moving text of the Stabat Mater finds in Scarlatti one of its most beautiful musical expressions, made up of extreme tensions, poetic and tender passages, mostly in slow movements. All ten voices have solo roles, and the score constantly calls for all sorts of combinations between them. This variety of combinations between forces of two to ten voices gives this score great originality and constantly offers contrasting sonorities. But the first part of the concert will also be memorable. It begins with a rhymed lamentation from the twelfth century in Old French. We will then hear Lotti’s Crucifixus, followed by emotional pieces by Monteverdi and Mazzocchi, and finally a lamentation by composer-amateur Alessandro Della Ciaia, in which Mary enters into a dialogue with the angels. |
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July 19, 11:00
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Austria
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Kollegienkirche, Salzburg Mass in B minor (BWV 232) – J.S. Bach +
No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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July 20, 20:30
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Austria
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Kollegienkirche, Salzburg Mass in B minor (BWV 232) – J.S. Bach +
No one knows why, at the end of his life, a Protestant composer gathered up all his knowledge and expertise and expanded a previous arrangement of the Kyrie and the Gloria – a so-called Missa brevis from 1733 – into an entire Catholic Mass. It doesn’t matter anyway. The fact is that in this magnum opus, Bach succeeded in combining beauty and polyphonous complexity like never before. Bach at his best!
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July 21, 22:30
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Austria
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Kollegienkirche, Salzburg Via Crucis, Die 14 Stationen des Kreuzwegs – F. Liszt Vox Luminis +
For the first time, Vox Luminis will perform Franz Liszt’s impressive Via Crucis. This work, dedicated to the fourteen stations of the cross (Die 14 Stationen des Kreuzwegs), is one of Liszt’s last compositions. The work occupies a special place in Liszt’s oeuvre: it is a work of great tranquillity and spiritual intensity, in which he explores the boundaries of the tonality that was common at the time. At the same time, Liszt makes explicit reference to the tradition of J.S. Bach’s chorales.
The Rosary Sonatas, also known as the Mystery Sonatas or Copper-Engraving Sonatas constitute a major work by composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed around 1678. Although conceived outside of any liturgical context, the work is nevertheless inspired by a religious programme: it is intended to encourage prayer and meditation on episodes from the lives of the two main characters in the Rosary, Mary and Jesus. Intimate in character, without any virtuoso effects, it is representative music imbued with a deep, mystical feeling. |
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August 15, 21:00
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France
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Basilique Saint-Sauveur, Rocamadour The Early Cantatas – J.S. Bach +
Vox Luminis tackles Johann Sebastian himself, in a programme of cantatas composed in 1707/1708, which are thus among the composer’s earliest. Notable among them is the poignant cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106), also known as the ‘Actus tragicus’, which was composed for a funeral ceremony. Bach was therefore just twenty-two years old when he wrote this cantata, which opens with a deeply moving dialogue for recorders and continues with the equally fervent chorus ‘Gottes Zeit…’.
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August 28, 20:00
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Belgium
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St.-Carolus Borromeuskerk, Antwerp Vespro della Beata Vergine – C. Monteverdi +
Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers for the Blessed Virgin (1610) are so much more than an evening prayer service. The maestro of San Marco takes the traditional vespers formula – a combination of psalms, hymns and canticles – and transforms it into a musical spectacle of the highest order. Opera and liturgy, old and new, pious and sensual: everything collides and merges into one grandiose design. The score breathes the space of the basilica in which Monteverdi designed the sound of the future, as if the graceful galleries, balconies and choir stalls inspired the sound architecture. Monteverdi is a genius with voices, but he also makes use of cornetti, trombones, strings, organ and continuo – not as decorative elements, but as colours on a palette. Some passages are monumental, others sober and narrative or explicitly virtuosic.
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