Kurt Weill, tomorrow in Naarden, NL. Thank you to deMess for ending our six-month exile…
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Project Hildegard #18
Sunday, September 13, 2020
o virtus sapientie Here is one for all those currently seeking wisdom… antiphon to divine wisdom: o power of wisdom, that circled circling and embracing all in one path, filled with life – you have three wings: one flies up high, another brings freshness to the earth, the third flies everywhere. All praise to you, […]
Project Hildegard #17 (2)
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
ave maria – relatively space Here, just in time for the feast for the birth of the Virgin Mary, the ave maria revisited. I decided that this chant was quite busy enough already, and so there is no rhythmic accompaniment this time – rather some somewhat trance-inducing cello and voice held notes and bourdons. And […]
Project Hildegard #17
Friday, September 4, 2020
ave maria The birth of the Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8th. Here, in her honour, is Hildegard’s responsory, ave maria. This is the third responsory that I have so far recorded during this project, the others being o clarissima mater and o viriditas digiti dei. Although it follows the usual structure of a […]
Project Hildegard at the Brussels Cathedral
Sunday, August 30, 2020
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)). […]