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Season after Pentecost

Hildegard of Bingen (Sept. 17)

9 recommended works by women composers for Hildegard of Bingen (Sept. 17).

All days

Year A

Year B

Kyrie

Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)

Text source: Kyrie

Reflects on the day’s overall theme.

Anthem · Choir

Voicing: U

Accompaniment: a cappella

Duration: 3:13

Language: English and Greek

ModerateScore RecordingChurch Publishing

O virtus Sapientie

Words and music by Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)

Anthem · Soloist

Voicing: S

Accompaniment: a cappella

Duration: 1:00

Language: Latin

EasyScore: Multitude of Voyces RecordingMultitude of Voyces C.I.C.

digital download available from louisestewart@multitudeofvoyces.co.uk

O vis eternitatis

Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965)

Words by Hildegard von Bingen

Reflects on Collect

Anthem · Young Trebles

Voicing: SSS

Accompaniment: a cappella

Duration: 5:00

Language: Latin

DifficultScore: Multitude of VoycesMultitude of Voyces C.I.C.

also in Vol 2 https://www.multitudeofvoyces.org/anthology-series-/volume-2/

Year C

O Ignis Spiritus

Joanna Marsh (b. 1970)

Words by Hildegard von Bingen

Reflects on the day’s overall theme.

Anthem · Choir

Voicing: SATB

Accompaniment: organ

Language: Latin

ModerateScore Joanna Marsh

Commissioned by New College, Oxford to celebrate 40 years of women at Oxford