Concentus Moraviae: Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Bach Dynasty The internationally renowned Vox Luminis ensemble, under the direction of Lionel Meunier, specializes in the French, Italian and German repertoire of the 17th and early 18th centuries. For our festival, Voice of Light will focus on the Bach dynasty, drawing on pieces from a collection known as the Altbachisches Archiv. It contains around twenty motets and a number of cantatas composed by successive generations of Bachs. It is believed to have passed through the hands of various members of the family, who contributed to and revised it from 1650 until it was acquired by the most famous member of the family, Johann Sebastian, around 1739.