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Song cycle for soprano and piano with texts taken from the works of Hildegard von Bingen. This innately religious set celebrates the Benedictine abbess and her moving words. The set is written to evoke a more Middle Ages or Gregorian religious music feel while still being firmly modern in it’s execution.
I. How Wonderful It Is - (D4-A5)
Praises God and his creation of Man. It is first and foremost a veneration of God the Father and his mighty deeds: His shaping of Man in an image that reflected His own and the breathing of life into that which became Man.
II. Sequence for St. Ursula - (C4-A5)
Tells the story of St. Ursula; a canonized saint who forswore all men of the earth, stating her love and intention to marry God the Son. The peoples mocked her firth this until they witnessed the Holy Ghost light upon her shoulder and in fear the Devil manipulated the onlookers to slay the maiden where she stood.
III. Antiphon for Divine Wisdom - (D4-A5)
Is a soring celebration of the Holy Spirit and its gift of divine wisdom. Describing the three wings that it has: one soaring, one from the earth, and one that encircles.
IV. Song to the Virgin - (E4-A5)
Is a meditation on the Virgin Marry. It uses the evocative imagery of Mary as a tree. It describes how the Sun’s rays bloomed a flower in her womb; a fruit which wakened the dried spices from the earth and dew from the heavens.
V. O Comforting Fire of Spirit - (C4-B5)
Is a culmination of all that came before. It is a celebration and thinking of God in all three of his parts; praising His gifts and deeds, and ending with a exclamatory lauding of God and his works.
Song cycle for soprano and piano with texts taken from the works of Hildegard von Bingen. This innately religious set celebrates the Benedictine abbess and her moving words. The set is written to evoke a more Middle Ages or Gregorian religious music feel while still being firmly modern in it’s execution.
I. How Wonderful It Is - (D4-A5)
Praises God and his creation of Man. It is first and foremost a veneration of God the Father and his mighty deeds: His shaping of Man in an image that reflected His own and the breathing of life into that which became Man.
II. Sequence for St. Ursula - (C4-A5)
Tells the story of St. Ursula; a canonized saint who forswore all men of the earth, stating her love and intention to marry God the Son. The peoples mocked her firth this until they witnessed the Holy Ghost light upon her shoulder and in fear the Devil manipulated the onlookers to slay the maiden where she stood.
III. Antiphon for Divine Wisdom - (D4-A5)
Is a soring celebration of the Holy Spirit and its gift of divine wisdom. Describing the three wings that it has: one soaring, one from the earth, and one that encircles.
IV. Song to the Virgin - (E4-A5)
Is a meditation on the Virgin Marry. It uses the evocative imagery of Mary as a tree. It describes how the Sun’s rays bloomed a flower in her womb; a fruit which wakened the dried spices from the earth and dew from the heavens.
V. O Comforting Fire of Spirit - (C4-B5)
Is a culmination of all that came before. It is a celebration and thinking of God in all three of his parts; praising His gifts and deeds, and ending with a exclamatory lauding of God and his works.