In preparation for Ensemble Caldemia’s “maiden voyage” – our concert in the Brussels Cathedral on March 16, 2025 (tickets available here) – I have reworked my previous revisiting of Hildegard’s antiphon O orzchis ecclesia for five voices and two cellos. Here is my home-recorded version. I can’t wait to play it live! O orzchis ecclesia […]
I am pleased to say that, as announced in my previous post, Cum processit – the finger of God was premiered at our concert in the Lundi d’Orgue / Orgel op Maandag lunchtime series in Brussels on December 16, 2024. This setting is for voice and organ, rather than my usual cellos and voices mix. The […]
Monday December 16, 2024 at 1pm Medieval Music for the 21st Century with Penelope Turner and Xavier Deprez Lundi d’Orgue / Orgel op Maandag lunchtime series at Église Notre-Dame du Finistère, rue Neuve / Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Finisterrae, Nieuwstraat, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. English and German medieval carols and songs by Hildegard Von Bingen. Includes […]
Here is the second in my “Scivias chants” mini series: O tu suavissima virga. The first was O splendidissima gemma, and this is its paired responsory – also dedicated to the Virgin Mary. (You will find my setting of O splendidissima gemma here.) I will now get to work revisiting this one, so that it […]
It is with great pleasure that I announce another series of workshops around the inspiring music of Hildegard von Bingen – 12th-century abbess, composer, herbalist, linguist, and all-round influencer! Music was a central part of Hildegard’s life – she considered it to be a foretaste of paradise. During February and March next year, I will […]
