On Sunday October 11th at 6pm, I will be performing chants by Hildegard von Bingen together with some of my own compositions from my Hildegard Revisited project. This concert completes a series of four “Singing Hildegard” workshops dedicated to singing Hildegard’s music from the original 12th century notation, and I will be joined on stage […]
Author Archives: Penelope Turner
Hildegard Revisited #54
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
My next track in this Hildegard von Bingen project is the “Scivias” antiphon for the confessors: O successores. Here is a link to my recording, and below you will find the original notation from both the Dendemonde and the Riesencodex manuscripts together with an English translation. I’ll be back with my revisited version – watch […]
Ensemble Caldemia’s next concert – 23 October 2026
Monday, August 24, 2026
For anyone in or close to Tournai, Ensemble Caldemia will be giving a performance of our “Living Light” programme of music by, and inspired by, Hildegard Von Bingen at the Collégiale Saint-Pierre in Leuze-en-Hainaut on October 23rd, 2026 at 7.30pm. It would be a pleasure to see you there. You can reserve your tickets via […]
Hildegard Revisited #53(2)
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Here is o felix anima – the happy soul – my revisiting of Hildegard Von Bingen’s chant, o felix anima. I particularly enjoyed setting Hildegard’s text for this one. Words like “conculcasti” (“trampled”) are very inspiring! It was, as ever, a bit of a sweat home-recording my composition in overdub. There are always difficult questions […]
Hildegard Revisited #53
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Although the feast day of Saint Disibod is September 8th, some traditions commemorate him on July 8th – reason enough for me to make this responsory by Hildegard von Bingen the next in my Hildegard Revisited series. Disibod was a 7th century Irish bishop and hermit who traveled to Germany and founded the Disibodenberg Monastery, […]
