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 […]
Today is St. Rupert’s feast day, but sadly, despite my best efforts, my revisiting of o jerusalem is not yet ready. I shall be working on it this weekend, so stay tuned! In the meantime, I re-post another chant for St. Rupert that I revisited for voice with cello accompaniment about a year ago: o […]
Here is a lengthy, but rather wonderful, sequence in honour of one of Hildegard’s favourite saints: St. Rupert. I post it today, in the hopes that by the time his feast day comes along (May 15) I may have managed to revisit it… This chant is incomplete in the Dendermonde facsimile – there seems to […]
This is the last in my six-voice a cappella series written specially for the medieval/contemporary female vocal ensemble La Noeva. It’s a celebration of life. spiritus sanctus – glorious life #hildegardvonbingen #chantrevisited #acappella #lanoeva Holy spirit, life that gives life and moves all things and is the root of every creature and purifies all impurity wiping away sins […]
