Wednesday evening, 22 January 2014 at 8:00 pm
Pre-concert chat with host Matthew White at 7:15 pm
PLEASE NOTE VENUE: Holy Rosary Cathedral, 646 Richards at Dunsmuir, downtown Vancouver
[directions]
presents
Sequentia:
Mystical Voices of Mediæval Germany
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179): Celestial Hierarchy
SEQUENTIA ENSEMBLE FOR MEDIÆVAL MUSIC:
Benjamin Bagby director, harp
Norbert Rodenkirchen flutes & harp
SEQUENTIA WOMEN’S VOCAL ENSEMBLE:
Agnethe Christensen, Lydia Heather Knutson, Esther Labourdette, Sabine Lutzenberger, Christine Mothes, Elodie Mourot, Lena Susanne Norin
In the World Premiere of this new progamme, Sequentia presents a selection of the most innovative and expressive vocal music of the High Middle Ages in Germany, featuring masterpieces of the 12th-century Benedictine visionary and composer Hildegard von Bingen.
Full details—ticket prices and ordering information, programme, programme notes, musicians’ biographies—at Early Music Vancouver.