The Living Word: Music By, and Inspired By Hildegard von Bingen

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

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6:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m. | Saint Thomas Church

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For the Tuesday of Holy Week, vocal ensemble ModernMedieval Voices sings chants by Medieval composer, poet, and mystic Hildegard von Bingen, paired with works by contemporary composers inspired by her life and work. This concert is free and open to the public, and is available in person or via livestream.

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O Presul vere Civitatis	Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Three-Winged Wisdom*	Daniel Thomas Davis
O Virtus Sapientie	Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Meditation	Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek
Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans	Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Karitas Habundat	Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Caritas Abundat*	Caroline Adelaide Shaw (b. 1982)
O Viridissima Virga	Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
We Cannot Live*	Caleb Burhans (b. 1980)
O Jerusalem	Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

ModernMedieval Voices
Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek
Chloe Holgate
Martha Cluver

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About ModernMedieval Voices

“They sang exquisitely together, their voices so tightly intertwined that they often sounded as one clear strand….an evening of gloriously clear voices singing exquisitely wrought music spanning centuries.” (Steven Pisano, Feast of Music)

ModernMedieval was created by Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, a member of the world-renowned vocal quartet Anonymous 4, to explore the worlds of early and new music through lectures, workshops, masterclasses and performances. ModernMedieval Voices is a project based all-female ensemble directed by Jacqueline. She is joined by early and new music specialists for concerts and special projects that combine medieval chant and polyphony with music from later eras and new commissions influenced by the poetry and sonorities of music from the Middle Ages.

ModernMedieval Voices takes the vocal techniques developed by Anonymous 4 for singing this repertoire and combines them with a fresh approach to programming that introduces this wonderful music to new audiences.

The ensemble gave a triumphant debut performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC performing the Hildegard chant O Jerusalem as part of the Al-Quds:Jerusalem concert with MetLive Arts, described by Heidi Waleson of The Wall Street Journal as “exquisitely sung.” MMV has given performances at The National Museum for Women in the Arts in D.C., The Virginia Arts Festival, VA and the Ecstatic Music Festival in NYC, which was broadcast live on WNYC NewSounds Live, hosted by John Schaefer. The ensemble has also given residencies and performances at Notre Dame University, East Carolina University NewMusic Initiative, University of Tampa, FL, Binghamton University, Pittsburgh Dance Project, Liquid Music in Saint Paul, MN, Princeton University Sound Kitchen, Electric Earth Concerts in NH, Dumbarton Oaks, and The Cloisters in NYC as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s MetLiveArts series. They are featured on Grammy award-winning composer Christopher Tin’s recording of To Shiver the Sky on the Decca label, and a recording of their signature program The Living Word is available via digital download on Amazon and iTunes, as well as streaming on Spotify.

“Although more than eight centuries separate us from this music, ModernMedieval’s approach to Hildegard is above all natural, emphasizing her fluent expressivity in perfect medieval Latin. Hildegard is always a good listen, and juxtaposed with sympathetic contemporary works, her beauties were especially resplendent.” (Patrick Rucker, The Washington Post)

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