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The religious Hildegard von Bingen was known as 'The Sybil of the Rhine' on account of her visions, translated into music with prophetic charisma. Composer: Hildegard von Bingen 🎬These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, TV Shows, games, advertising, and more. For licensing inquiries: info@brilliantclassicslicensing.com Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), a mystic, theologian, and German composer, claims to have heard these melodies during supernatural experiences. While other visionaries may lose touch with reality and fall into ecstasy, Hildegard experiences her visions while remaining completely alert. She later conveys what she has seen and heard through imagery, writings, and music. The title of this CD, Vox Aeternitatis, refers to the divine voice that instructs the mystic to write down her revelations. These compositions are drawn from the Symphonia harmoniae caelestium revelationum, Hildegard’s most important musical work. The title reflects the celestial origin of these pieces, which include seventy-seven items such as Psalms, Hymns, Sequences, and Antiphons. For this performance the artists chose to include musical instruments linked to the environment of medieval monasticism, such as the psaltery, symphonia, cymbals, vielle, percussion, flute, and monochord. Only two voices are featured: one female, ideally representing Hildegard herself, and one male, the monk Volmar, her secretary, responsible for transcribing the content of the visions. Hildegard’s melodies sometimes surpass the compositional conventions of the time, particularly in terms of vocal range and the expansion of melismas—elements that are occasionally pushed to the limits of performability. Her style is remarkably personal and unmistakable, evident in the modal settings that align perfectly with the texts, and in the highly distinctive and recurring melodic formulas that are intimately connected to the spiritual and expressive nature of the lyrics. Playlist: Artists: Ensemble San Felice, Federico Bardazzi, Barbara Zanichelli, Adele Bardazzi, Elena Sartori & Federico Bardazzi 00:00:00 Antiphona, O orzchis Ecclesia 67, in dedicatione Ecclesiae (IV). Psalmus 94 AD Invitatorium 00:05:47 Antiphona, O coruscans lux 68 (IV). Psalmus 10: In Domino confido 00:13:14 Antiphona, O pulchrae facies 38 De virginibus (IV). Psalmus 1: Beatus vir 00:19:47 Antiphona, Nunc Gaudeant 57, In dedicatione Ecclesiae (VI). Psalmus 86: Fundamenta ejus in montibus Sanctis 00:25:02 Versiculum: Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis 00:26:28 Benedictio I, Lectio I: De Libro divinorum operum 00:32:22 Responsorium I: Nobilissima viriditas 39 Item de virginibus (VI) 00:37:35 Benedictio II, Lectio II: De Libro divinorum operum 00:42:28 Responsorium II: O vos Imitatores excelsae personae (VI) 00:46:35 Benedictio III, Lectio III: De Libro divinorum operum 00:51:28 Responsorium III: O felix anima 64 (III) 00:57:05 Oratio: Deus, qui beatam Hildegardem Virginem tuam Artists: Matelda Viola, Stefano Sabene & Schola Romana Ensemble 00:58:12 O vis eternitatis 01:07:43 O frondens virga 01:12:27 Hodie aperuit 01:15:25 Karitas habundat 01:20:28 O pulcre facies 01:26:00 O quam mirabilis est 01:29:34 O speculum columbe 01:32:58 Vos flores rosarum 01:35:06 Columba aspexit 01:41:48 O pastor animarum 01:46:19 Alleluja, o virga mediatrix 01:49:57 Laus trinitati 01:52:31 O viriditas digiti dei 01:59:08 O eterne deus 02:02:31 Spiritus sanctus vivificans 02:07:30 O virtus sapientiae #VonBingen #Femalecomposer #Opera #Vocal #earlymusic #BrilliantClassics #Classical #Classics #Music #Women #Medievel #German #Composer