I’m absolutely thrilled that I was able to sing my arrangement of Hildegard von Bingen’s quia ergo femina at the Brussels Cathedral this morning. It’s the first time this arrangement has had a public airing. We performed it in a version for voice and organ (the original arrangement is for six voices (see yesterday’s post)). […]
Tomorrow I have the very good fortune to sing during the 11 am Mass at the Brussels Cathedral. I will be accompanied by the super-talented Xavier Deprez on the organ, and will sing two little gems by Fauré (op. 67) as well as a version of my arrangement of Hildegard von Bingen’s quia ergo femina. […]
o virga ac diadema – the introverted sister Inspired by the fact that this sequence follows a structure that is very similar to the other sequences I have so far recorded, I decided to make a this one into a sibling for the previously recorded o ignis spiritus paracliti. I see it as rather like […]
o virga ac diadema The queenship of the Virgin Mary is celebrated this Saturday, August 22nd. I have chosen the sequence o virga ac diadema, which gives her a royal, purple crown, for the occasion. This one, like ave generosa (see previous post) is partially missing in the Dendermonde manuscript. So I’ve gone with the […]
ave generosa – version “hurdy gurdy” Six of the seven sections of this hymn to Maria begin with the interval of a fifth. Such a pronounced repetition is unusual in the chants that I’ve seen so far, and it gave me the idea to use a two-note drone to define the piece. And it sounds […]
