Here’s another one for Spring: o frondons virga – the blossoming branch o frondens virga in tua nobilitate stans sicut aurora procedit nunc gaude et laetare et nos debiles dignare a mala consuetudine liberare atque manum tuam porrige ad erigendum nos And I’ve just had a super idea of how to play with this one! […]
Today I decided that this project should cover all 77 of Hildegard von Bingen’s liturgical chants. It’s a rather ambitious aim! Help! Here is the second version of my randomly chosen chant number 4. o viridissima virga 2 – the greenest branch: hope springs eternal O greenest branch, hail, sprung forth in the wind from […]
o viridissima virga 1 – singing into a flower pot For this first version of ‘o greenest branch,’ I have created a different kind of recording studio (see picture below). Rather an appropriate solution, given the words. With thanks to Francis, for encouraging me to improve the quality of my audio, and to Anne for […]
karitas habundat 3 – the neumes unite So, I wondered what would happen if I chose a particular neume (that’s what the notational symbols are called) and sung all of the neumes of that type, one after the other. I recorded every note of the piece using this system of grouping the neumes, and when […]
It begins and ends with love: karitas habundat 2 – the kiss of peace karitas habundat in omnia de imis excellentissima super sidera atque amantissima in omnia quia summo regi osculum pacis dedit charitable love is in all things, from the depths to the highest stars. and of all things it is the most beloved, […]
