Today is the feast day of Saint Disibod, one of Hildegard’s all-time favourite saints. Among her 77 liturgical chants, she wrote no less than five in his honour. As part of this projcet, I have so far set two: no. 13 o viriditas digiti dei – growth surrounds him and no. 14 (written for the […]
It’s been a long time coming, but part 2 of o jerusalem – city of gold is now ready! I posted part 1 of this chant on May 25th (#34 (2a)). Here is part 2. o jerusalem – city of gold part 2 #hildegardvonbingen #chantrevisited #ilovemycello The Holy Spirit makes music in you, who belong […]
And here’s the chant for Saint Boniface (whose feast day was on Saturday, June 5th) that I revisited last year (#11 (2)) #hildegardvonbingen #chantrevisited #ilovemycello o bonifaci – it runs and flows o boniface, the living light saw you, like a sage, who returned to god the pure rivulets flowing from god when you watered […]
As I continue to work on Part 2 of o jerusalem – city of gold, I repost a chant that I revisited in honour of Saint Maximin’s feast day (which is today) a year ago (#8 (2)). Such a pretty sequence. I thought of it this morning as I saw two pigeons (sorry, doves) up […]
Part 1 of o jerusalem – city of gold is finally ready! The long Whitsun weekend, accompanied by wet, stay-at-home weather, allowed me to complete half of this lengthy eulogy to Saint Rupert. This is the first composition that I’ve created using the digital audio workstation Ableton Live – I have taken my first hesitant […]