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Release Date: 23-02-2004
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 13129-2
Barcode: 13711312928
Musical Style: Medieval
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O beata Infantia [01:39] | 9 | O successores (instrumental) [02:51] |
| 2 | Columba aspexit [07:18] | 10 | O Bonifaci [03:00] |
| 3 | O nobilissima viriditas [04:55] | 11 | O speculum columbe [03:02] |
| 4 | O cohors milicie floris virge [06:18] | 12 | O presul yore civitatis [06:00] |
| 5 | O virldissima virga ave [04:02] | 13 | O minim admirandum [03:20] |
| 6 | Hodie aperuit nobis [01:52] | 14 | O vos felices radices [06:00] |
| 7 | O Euchari [07:06] | 15 | Mathias sanctus per electionem [07:48] |
| 8 | O successores fortissimi leonls [02:17] | ||
Description:
Viriditas was to inspire some of Hildegards most imaginative and passionate song poetry and music. Her lyrics are all in Latin and they abound with images from nature, using leaves, branches and flowers to communicate overlapping themes of energy, vigour, blooming, manhood, virginity and virtue. This recording is a musical response to the concept of viriditas - songs celebrating the greenness so fundamental to Hildegard's music as the vigour or source of life.
Biography:
Sinfonye, founded in 1987 by Stevie Wishart and joined by Vivien Ellis, was conceived as an ensemble combining improvisatory skills derived from traditional music with performance practices recreated from historical research, with a particular interest in repertories sung, inspired or composed by women. Since its conception, Sinfonye has performed throughout Europe, North America and Australia. In addition to their group work, the members also maintain active solo careers.
Stevie Wishart developed her musical studies at the University of York, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and, with a Vicente Cañada Blanch Fellowship, at New College, Oxford, where she is completing a D.Phil on medieval bowed instruments. Considering the distance from the 12th century to the present, Ms. Wishart's music maintains authenticity.
Vivien Ellis, singer and voice workshop leader, joined Sinfonye in 1989. Her research into the roots of singing in Europe have taken her to Bulgaria, France, Spain and Corsica. Vickie Couper, Camilla Scarlett, Sara Stowe, Louise Eeckelaar, Emily Levy, Katharine Taylor and Lucy Steele, members of the Oxford Girls' Choir, join Sinfonye for this celestial celebration.
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