Contemplation is a key element in most religious practices and in Catholicism it can be especially serene. Evensong is known as Vespers in the Roman Catholic tradition, a time of prayers, hymns, ...
SHE WAS A NUN SOME say a saint. She died in 1179. And now, she’s one of the hottest composers in the world. She’s Hildegard von Bingen, whose ethereal and mystical liturgical chants have become a ...
St. Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century German nun – a writer, composer of chants, mystic and visionary. You might be asking yourself, “What on earth does a twelfth-century nun have to do with ...
SAN FRANCISCO — IF YOU’VE ever struggled to learn a poem or piece of music by heart, you may have been abashed at the effort required. But consider how much worse you would have felt in medieval ...
Pioneering new age composer and pianist Kevin Keller recently sat down to discuss the inspiration behind his latest album, Evensong. This critically acclaimed project brings the 12th-century mystic ...
On the 10th anniversary of her canonisation, Voice offer an exclusive track, and explore what the medieval composer's music means to them We formed Voice in 2006 for the love of singing together and ...
A fervid fascination for ancient devotional paeans of Eastern and Western cultures has led Australian musicians Kim Cunio and Heather Lee to explore esoteric realms, from medieval era mysticism and ...
A medieval nun is poised to become an unlikely chart star after her liturgical chants were set to music by Madonna’s record producer. A series of compositions by Hildegard of Bingen, a Benedictine ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback