Haendel Dixit Dominus / Bach Magnificat

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Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759): Dixit Dominus HWV 232
1. Dixit Dominus
2. Virgam virtutis tuae
3. Tecum principium in die virtutis
4. Juravit Dominus
5. You are sacerdos in aeternum
6. Dominus a dextris tuis
7. From torrent in via bibet
8. Gloria Patri and Filio

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Magnificat in D major - BWV 243
9. Magnificat anima mea Dominum
10. And exultavit spiritus meus
11. Quia respexit
12. Omnes generationes
13. Quia fecit mihi magna
14. And misericordia ejus
15. Fecit potentiam
16. Deposuit potentes
17. Esurientes implevit bonis
18. Suscepit Israel
19. Sicut locutus est
20. Gloria Patri

Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, conductor

In 1707, the young Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) had already set out to conquer Europe, starting with Italy. In the salons of Rome, he did not fail to meet prestigious personalities with whom he sometimes became friends. The patron and cardinal Carlo Colonna was one of them. On the occasion of the Vespers of the Carmelites of the church of Santa Maria of Montesanto, the cardinal commissioned Handel to write a motet on Psalm 110. The German composer was certainly Lutheran, but he perfectly understood the rules of Italian Catholic music and showed himself to be fully capable of applying them in his Dixit Dominus HWV 232 (Word of the Eternal). The work, in eight movements, was premiered on July 16, 1707.


The orchestra is expanded with winds and percussion for Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat BWV 243 ( 1685-1750). He did not travel to Italy but also conquered Europe in his own way, drawing inspiration from all styles and subsequently influencing other composers of all nationalities. One of the many tasks entrusted to him as Kapellmeister at the Thomaskirche was to compose a short mass on the Magnificat anima mea Dominum (My soul magnifies the Lord) for the vespers of the most important events in the Lutheran calendar. (Easter, Pentecost and Christmas). For the feast of the Visitation in 1728, Bach returned to his first Magnificat, composed for Christmas Eve 1723, giving it a more joyful and majestic character, notably through the addition of trumpets.