An appropriate one for Pentecost. o ignee spiritus Fiery spirit praise be to you who works through drums and psalteries. Human minds blaze through you and the tabernacle of their souls contains their powers. From where the will ascends and gives taste to the soul and desire is its light. Intellect calls you with the […]
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Project Hildegard #38 (2)
Friday, May 6, 2022
Here is my revisiting of o rubor sanguinis. I wrote this piece with the people of Ukraine in my heart. It is an anthem that honours the life and courage of those whose blood is spilt, whose lives are ruined. You are my grandfather, my father, mother, son. #standingwithukraine #stopthewar For more about this project […]
Project Hildegard #38
Thursday, March 17, 2022
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 […]
Standing with Ukraine – the blood of innocents
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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 […]
Project Hildegard #37(2)
Monday, February 28, 2022
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 […]
