#3589: Medieval + Electronic = ?
This New Sounds explores the equation of medieval + electronic = ? Hear ecstatic melodies from the 12th century German composer abbess mystic Hildegard of Bingen in a contemporary context. There are many versions of her “O Viridissima Virga,” incorporating modern electronics and sound design from the likes of Jocelyn Montgomery and David Lynch to arranger and producer Richard Souther. There’s also a version from the Korean-Amercian Bora Yoon as well, from her latest, “Sunken Cathedral.” Yoon's settings are ominous and disorienting when she transports these Hildegard songs into her electronic sound-world.
Also, listen to other works that update medieval chant and opera, including a reworking of Hildegard’s opera “Ordo Virtutum “ by four “downtown” composers called the Hildegurls. Plus, a work by Mason Bates, as sung by Chanticleer, where distant future meets ancient past.
PROGRAM #3589 medieval + electronic = ? (First aired on 4/14/2014)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Gothic Voices |
Hildegard of Bingen: A Feather on the Breath of God |
Hildegard” O viridissima virga [3:09] |
Hyperion #66039 |
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Jocelyn Montgomery, David Lynch |
NS Live @WFC, 1/22/99 |
Viridissima (O Viridissima virga) [5:26] |
This performance not commercially available. "Lux Vivens" – the Music of Hildegard von Bingen, by Jocelyn Montgomery and David Lynch, is on Mammoth Records #354 980-183, Available at Amazon.com |
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Bora Yoon |
Sunken Cathedral |
O viridissima virga [10:25] |
Innova 880 |
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Hildegurls |
Electric Ordo Virtutum |
Electric Ordo Virtutum, excerpt (Act 2) [5:47] |
Innova 712 |
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Mason Bates, feat. Chanticleer |
Stereo Is King |
Observer in the Magellanic Cloud [6:25] |
Innova 882 |
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Bora Yoon |
Sunken Cathedral |
In Paradisum [8:54] |
See above. |
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Richard Souther |
Vision – the music of Hildegard Von Bingen |
Song to the Mother (O Viridissima Virga) [3:22] |
EMI #55246 |
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Bora Yoon |
Sunken Cathedral |
O pastor animarum [4:27] |
See above. |
