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Composers of the Week: Hildegard of Bingen and Arvo Part

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1098-1179)and(bl935)
The Harmonious Silence of Heaven
The Estonian Arvo Part is the inventor of a new kind of music; Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th-century abbess with the gift of prophecy. The Passion narrative, central to both composers, is woven through the week's programmes, which begin today with music that aspires beyond the mirror of Creation to the very seat of God. Part Passio (John 18, w 1-11)
Hildegard of Bingen 0 Magne Pater ; 0 Virtus Sapientiae; 0 Ignis Spiritus Paracliti
Part Spiegel im Spiegel
Hildegard of Bingen 0 Vos Angeli Part The Beatitudes
Hildegard of Bingen Laus Trinitati Part Arbos
Producer Antony Pitts
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

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Magne Pater
Producer:
Antony Pitts
Source: Radio Times

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