Hildegard von Bingen
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Sarah Kirkland Snider’s fascinating “Hildegard,” which had its New York debut at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater on Friday, explores the life and mind of the 12th-century Benedictine abbess, visionary and composer Hildegard von Bingen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
While using the app on a recent morning, I encountered the music of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine nun and composer of Gregorian chants.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Those compositions, each named for a time of day, arrive with a sacred reverence that recalls the eerie works of bad-ass 12th century mystic and composer Hildegard von Bingen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
Nothing is predictable: A Latin chant by Hildegard von Bingen is followed by Ms. Sadovska’s tight harmonies vocalized in a deliberately harsh, Eastern European folk style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2018
Bach’s sublime “Air,” with a scratchy LP effect placed loudly underneath, opens the album, while Beiser’s ethereal arrangement of “O Virtus Sapientiae,” by the medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen, seals it serenely.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2016
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