Vocation
Impressionen zu Liedern der Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) und
Kompositionen von G. I. Gurdjieff (1866?–1949)
Marie-Luise Hinrichs – Piano
Raumklang’s third production featuring the music of Hildegard of Bingen approaches the songs of this fascinating abbess in an unusual manner. Marie-Luise Hinrichs established a connection to the present day and transfered the flowing expanses of this music to her instrument, the piano. Almost as if Hildegard of Bingen’s music were intended for it, Marie-Luise Hinrichs improvises her own harmonies and melodies, invents new techniques – such as plucking the strings or tremoli on a single tone – allowing her “Songs for Piano” to emerge.
The CD appears almost simultaneously with the release of the movie Vision, a German film production by Margarethe von Trotta that reflects upon the life of this eclectically talented woman, and with that also upon her musical talent.
1 O frondens virga 3:29
Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)*
2 Caritas abundat in omnia 2:27
Hildegard von Bingen*
3 Bayaty 3:24
George I. Gurdjieff (1866?–1949)
4 Spiritui Sancto honor sit 6:55
Hildegard von Bingen*
5 O successores fortissimi leonis 1:39
Hildegard von Bingen*
6 O virga ac diadema purpuræ Regis 6:05
Hildegard von Bingen*
7 Gregorian Love Chant 2:18
Marie-Luise Hinrichs (*1964)
8 Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit 2:20
Hildegard von Bingen*
9 Sayyidischer Gesang und Tanz Nr. 10 4:11
George I. Gurdjieff
10 O quam mirabilis est præscientia divini pectoris 2:35
Hildegard von Bingen*
11 Alleluia. O virga mediatrix 2:57
Hildegard von Bingen*
12 Sayyidischer Gesang und Tanz Nr. 29 5:37
George I. Gurdjieff
13 O rubor sanguinis 2:07
Hildegard von Bingen*
14 Laus trinitati 1:40
Hildegard von Bingen*
15 Sayyidischer Gesang und Tanz Nr. 42 3:28
George I. Gurdjieff
16 Armenisches Lied 2:33
George I. Gurdjieff)
17 Ave generosa, gloriosa et intacta puella 5:41
Hildegard von Bingen*
18 O frondens virga 1:50
Hildegard von Bingen*
Total: 61:25
