Cristi Catt leads The Hildegard Project in a special program honoring recently canonized saint Hildegard von Bingen for this week's recital at King's Chapel. The concert of music for women's voices features music from Hildegard's famous morality play, Ordo Virtutum, as well as polyphony from the Las Huelgas Codex and other medieval sources.
Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179), the 'Sibyl of the Rhine', was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary and polymath. She wrote theological, botanical and medicinal texts, as well as letters, sacred songs, and poems, while supervising brilliant miniature illuminations.
Though considered a saint by acclamation for centuries, Hildegard was declared the 35th 'doctor of the church' by Pope Benedict XVI on October 7 of this year.
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Historic King's Chapel is located in downtown Boston at the corner of of Tremont & School Streets, just minutes from the MBTA's Park or Government Center stations. Hailed by residents and visitors alike as a treasure in the midst of a bustling city, this year-long recital series features a wide range of programming from classical to jazz and more!
Your $3 donation supports the musicians. This special program begins at 12:15 and lasts about 40 minutes.
