Alkemie performs Music of Hildegard von Bingen & Shira Kammen
Mystic, medic, and musician, Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) expanded both Christian theology and the medieval concept of the body’s humors to connect the viriditas (living greenness) of plants and the metaphorical growth of spirituality directly to the human body and its functioning. This program explores Hildegard’s music within her understanding of medieval plant-based medicine, sharing her vision of an earth-bound transcendence that connects humans to the divine through spiritual “greening” and the five senses.
Sian Ricketts, Director
Tracy Cowar, voice, harp; Fiona Gillespie, voice, medieval flute; Shira Kammen, vielle, harp; David McCormick, vielle; Elena Mullins, voice, percussion; Sian Ricketts, voice, recorders, douçaine; Niccolo Seligmann, vielle, psaltery, scheidholt, percussion -
“The young musicians of Alkemie display a dizzying variety of musical connections.” — Upstage