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Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations

Hildegard of Bingen

Antiphons, responsories, sequences and hymns for the Virgin, the Holy Spirit, the saints of her land (Rupert, Disibod), the virgins and, above all, Saint Ursula. The poetry is free, without rhyme or regular metre, full of images of greenness, light and water ('O nobilissima viriditas', 'O vis aeternitatis', 'Caritas abundat in omnia'); the music, of wide range and long melismas, is the largest collection of monophonic chant by an identified author in the Middle Ages. Since the recordings by Sequentia (1982) and Gothic Voices (1982) it has been part of the repertoire.

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· 77 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1I. O vis eternitatis1′
  2. 2II. O magne pater1′
  3. 3III. O eterne Deus1′
  4. 4IV. O virtus sapientie1′
  5. 5V. O quam mirabilis1′
  6. 6VI. O pastor animarum1′
  7. 7VII. O cruor sanguinis1′
  8. 8VIII. Spiritus sanctus vivificans1′
  9. 9IX. Karitas habundat1′
  10. 10X. O splendissima gemma1′
  11. 11XI. O tu illustrata1′
  12. 12XII. Nunc aperuit1′
  13. 13XIII. Quia ergo femina1′
  14. 14XIV. Cum processit factura1′
  15. 15XV. Cum erubuerint1′
  16. 16XVI. O quam magnum miraculum1′
  17. 17XVII. Ave, Maria1′
  18. 18XVIII. O clarissima mater1′
  19. 19XIX. O tu suavissima virga1′
  20. 20XX. O quam preciosa1′
  21. 21XXI. O gloriosissimi1′
  22. 22XXII. O vos angeli1′
  23. 23XXIII. O spectabiles viri De prophetis et patriarchis1′
  24. 24XXIV. O vos felices radicesDe patriarchis et prophetis1′
  25. 25XXV. O cohors milicieDe apostolis1′
  26. 26XXVI. O lucidissima apostolorum turbaDe apostolis1′
  27. 27XXVII. O speculum columbeDe sancto Iohanne evangelista1′
  28. 28XXVIII. O dulce electeDe sancto Iohanne evangelista1′
  29. 29XXIX. O victoriosissimi triumphatoresDe martiribus1′
  30. 30XXX. Vos flores rosarumDe martiribus1′
  31. 31XXXI. O vos imitatoresDe confessioribus1′
  32. 32XXXII. O successoresDe confessioribus1′
  33. 33XXXIII. O mirum admirandumDe sancto Dysibodo1′
  34. 34XXXIV. O viriditas digiti deiDe sancto Dysibodo1′
  35. 35XXXV. O felix anima1′
  36. 36XXXVI. O beata infantia<De sancto Dysibodo>1′
  37. 37XXXVII. O felix apparicioDe sancto Ruperto1′
  38. 38XXXVIII. O beatissime Ruperte<De sancto Ruperto>1′
  39. 39XXXIX. Quia felix puericia<De sancto Ruperto>1′
  40. 40XL. O pulcre faciesDe virginibus1′
  41. 41XLI. O nobilissima viriditasItem de virginibus1′
  42. 42XLII. Favus distillansDe undecim milibus virginibus1′
  43. 43XLIII. Spiritui sancto<De undecim milibus virginibus>1′
  44. 44In evangelio <sive Ad Magnificat>1′
  45. 45Laudes1′
  46. 46In evangelio <sive Ad Benedictus>1′
  47. 47<Ad cursus>1′
  48. 48XLV. Rex noster promptusDe innocentibus1′
  49. 49XLVI. O virgo ecclesia1′
  50. 50XLVII. Nunc gaudeant1′
  51. 51XLVIII. O orzchis ecclesia1′
  52. 52XLIX. O choruscans lux stellarum1′
  53. 53L. Kyrie eleyson1′
  54. 54LI. O ignis spiritus paraclitiSequentia de spiritu sancto1′
  55. 55LII. O ignee spiritusYmnus de spiritu sancto1′
  56. 56LIII. O virga mediatrix1′
  57. 57LIV. O virga ac diademaSequentia de sancta Maria1′
  58. 58LV. O viridissima virgaDe sancta Maria1′
  59. 59LVI. Ave, generosaYmnus de sancta Maria1′
  60. 60LVII. Mathias, sanctusYmnus de sancto Mathia1′
  61. 61LVIII. O BonifaciDe sancto Bonifacio1′
  62. 62LIX. O presul vere civitatisSequentia de sancto Dysibodo1′
  63. 63LX. O Euchari, columbaDe sancto Euchario1′
  64. 64LXI. O Euchari, in leta viaSequentia de sancto Euchario1′
  65. 65LXII. Columba aspexitSequentia de sancto Maximino1′
  66. 66LXIII. O IerusalemDe sancto Ruperto1′
  67. 67LXIV. O ecclesiaDe undecim milibus virginibus1′
  68. 68LXV. Cum vox sanguinisYmnus1′
  69. 69LXVI. O dulcissime amatorSymphonia virginum1′
  70. 70LXVII. O pater omniumSymphonia viduarum1′
  71. 71LXVIII. O frondens virga1′
  72. 72LXIX. Laus trinitati1′
  73. 73LXX. O verbum patris1′
  74. 74LXXI. O fili dilectissime1′
  75. 75LXXII. O factura dei1′
  76. 76LXXIII. O magna res1′
  77. 77In Matutinis Laudibus.1′
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