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WHAT: A CANDLELIGHT MEDITATION CONCERT
An evening of sacred chant by the 12th century mystic and
abbess, Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The evening’s
music is sung in complete candlelight by Norma Gentile. This
is a sacred space dedicated with poetry, music, and
silence.
WHEN: Date and starting time of event.
WHERE: The church or hall name, address and city.
COST: General Admission and discounted price if any for
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A mystic and abbess who founded two monasteries for women,
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) wrote seven books on
the subject of medicine, theology, herbology, biology and
botany, as well as two biographies of saints. She included
seventy-seven songs, all of them sacred monophonic chants
with Latin texts, in her first theological book,
Scivias.
The tenth child of a noble family, she was promised to the
church as a tithe, and came to live in a hermitage at the
age of eight. In 1136 she was elected abbess of a growing
group of women which was adjunct to a men's Benedictine
monastery. Throughout her life she experienced unusual
clairvoyance and visionary experiences. She suppressed these
until about 1141, when she was commanded, through a vision,
to write and speak about her knowledge and insights gained
from these experiences. Failing to do so, she became
seriously ill, and did not arise from her bed until she
began in earnest to write Scivias. Her understanding
of music may be characterized best by her own words,
"symphonialis est anima" or "the soul is symphonic".
Norma Gentile is a professional singer (B.M., M.M.)
and trained auric healer who specializes in the music of
Hildegard von Bingen. Her love of early music began at the
University of Michigan where she worked with harpsichordist
and conductor Edward Parmentier. Freshly out of college she
moved to Spain where she co-founded the performing
ensemble Cuadro Musical with Eduardo Lopez Banzo
while researching and teaching early vocal music. Returning
to the US she founded and directed the ensemble
Oriana, served on the Board of Directors of The
Academy for the Study and Performance of Early Music,
and continued her studies of esoteric healing. Also a
conductor, she led one of the first period-instrument
performances of Vivaldi’s Gloria with members of
Ars Musica and has coached or directed many choirs,
including Our Lady’s Madrigal Singers and Los
Infantes del Pilar. She currently resides near Ann
Arbor, Michigan. Her concerts, workshops and recordings
reflect her passion in bringing music from the inaudible
realms into the physical world for healing purposes.
Her discography includes Meditation Chants of
Hildegard von Bingen, (Ave Maria Press), and Unfurling
Love’s Creation, (Lyrichord Discs), both of which have
been hailed for the qualities of spiritual clarity,
genuineness and intimacy which her singing reveals in the
music.
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