Here is the next Hildegard von Bingen antiphon up for revisiting in my Hildegard Revisited project. As ever, before I create my new piece around this work I have first recorded the monody in its original form (sung from the 12th century Dendermonde manuscript – if you are interested, can follow the neumes on the […]
This is the first of the 14 Scivias chants – so called because their texts feature in Hildegard von Bingen’s first book of mystical theology, Scivias (short for “Know the way of the Lord”). You’ll spot that my piece begins in English, and you may wonder where the text comes from. Well, in the Scivias […]
The texts of 14 of Hildegard von Bingen’s chants appear at the end of her first book of mystical theology – Scivias. Together with the morality play Ordo Virtutum, they are included in the thirteenth vision of the third part of that book, The Choir of the Blessed. Here is the miniature that accompanies the […]
What an absolute pleasure to give a workshop on singing Hildegard von Bingen from the original notation to the talented and motivated members of Pieter De Moor’s early vocal ensemble music class at the music academy in Jette (part of Early Music and Beyond). Thanks for a really great afternoon, everyone!
As some of you already know, I have had the great pleasure over the last academic year to lead a series of workshops singing Hildegard von Bingen. The mainstay of my approach has been to use the original 12th century notation to guide our interpretation – the graphics helping us to find a freedom and […]
