6. Hildegard von Bingen | Benjamin Bagby

What is so fascinating about some medieval nun’s songs?Better known for her important work as a naturalist and physician, Abbess Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) also composed more than one hundred and fifty liturgical songs and melodies, which were rediscovered in the late 1970s by the ensemble Sequentia and its two directors, Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby. In this sixth episode, Bagby tells us about the rediscovery of early music in the second half of the twentieth century, a movement to which he and his ensemble contributed greatly. To go further >CREDITSguest Benjamin Bagby, founder of Ensemble Sequentiainterview & editing Andrew Burnproduction REMAcredits music Platée, Act 1, Orage - Jean-Philippe Rameauperformed by Les Talens Lyriques, dir. Christophe RoussetCamera Lucida 2014All rights reserved - Courtesy of Les Talens Lyriquesdesign Doretta Rinaldioriginal drawings Vincent Flückigercover score Folio, Riesencodex, 1175–1190 (Landesbibliothek Wiesbaden, BM 3600 FY 29451)musicInstrumental dance I & II & Instrumental lament - Hildegard von Bingenperformed by Ensemble SequentiaOrdo Virtutum, Sony 1998Instrumental piece II - Hildegard von Bingenperformed by Ensemble SequentiaO Jerusalem, Sony 1997 Instrumental piece II - Hildegard von Bingenperformed by Ensemble SequentiaGeistliche Gesänge, BMG 1985