The next chant in this series is dedicated to all those suffering in Ukraine as a result of this bloody war. My grandmother was born in Zhytomyr and my heart is with all those who have lost loved ones and whose world has been turned upside. Back in the twelfth century, Hildegard wrote this chant […]
As I work on a new revisiting for Project Hildegard, the people of Ukraine are very much in my thoughts. I share a previous piece from this project here, as it seems to me to be very appropriate: o rex noster – the clouds weep Our king is prompt to receive the blood of the […]
Here is o orzchis ecclesia – the shining jewel, my latest revisited chant. #hildegardvonbingen #linguaignota #chantrevisited For more about this project visit www.penelopeturner.com/project-hildegard/ or listen on my Soundcloud account to all the chants so far revisited. The text of this interesting antiphon includes five of Hildegard’s own made-up words from her Lingua Ignota. For my setting I have included […]
This is a very interesting little antiphon – not so such much for its subject matter or musical line (though this is as beautiful as usual!), but because the text includes five of Hildegard’s own made-up words from her Lingua Ignota (bolded in the translation below). #hildegardvonbingen #chant #facsimile For more about this project visit www.penelopeturner.com/project-hildegard/ or […]
On Saturday December 18, 2021, La Noeva sang in concert as part of the Printemps musicale de Silly in Belgium. The first part of the programme featured six pieces from my project Hildegard Revisited – works that were written specially for the voices of La Noeva. It was the first time that these six pieces have been […]
