I have finished my revisiting of O gloriosissimi lux vivens angeli! It is scored for full choir a cappella, with a semi-chorus accompanying the solo voice for some passages. (I have used a cello to play the bass line, just because I can’t sing that low!) I was inspired not only by the text, but […]
Continuing with Hildegard von Bingen’s “Scivias” chants, here is number 3 – an antiphon to the angels: O gloriosissimi lux vivens angeli. Such an interesting chant this one. It starts on E, in Phrygian mode, but migrates to Dorian mode (on D) in the middle, coming back to Phrygian only at the very end. In […]
I’m happy to announce that Ensemble Caldemia will be performing The Living Light, a concert of medieval and contemporary music around the music of Hildegard von Bingen, in Brussels on Sunday October 19, 2025 at 6pm in the intimate, beautiful acoustic of St Andrew’s Brussels. Tickets are on sale here (reservation is advised).
The wonderful Helen Crayford and I are busy preparing our new programme (A Special Relationship), with pieces from the 1920s, 30s and 40s that link the UK and the US and hark back to America’s golden years… We would love you to join us if you can make it to the South coast of England […]
It’s taken me a while, but I have now finished my revisiting of the Scivias responsory O tu suavissima virga. Many thanks to Marianne, as it was our recent conversation that helped me to decide on a choral arrangement for this one. It is scored for solo voice, with a semi-chorus and full choir, accompanied […]
