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Record Review: Building a Library: Hildegard von Bingen

16/04/2016

Building a Library: Hildegard von Bingen

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Building a Library: Hildegard von Bingen: Symphonia armoniae celestium revelationum.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library.

with Andrew McGregor 

In today's Building a Library, Sara Mohr-Pietsch surveys the music on record of the 11th century composer, writer, mystic and Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen, specifically the many liturgical songs that were collected into the extraordinary cycle known as the 'Symphonia armoniae celestium revelationum'.

Plus to mark Record Store Day Andrew is joined by journalist and critic Kate Molleson and classical music retailer Jim Elliott to discuss the current habits of the UK's record-buying public. With a virtual wallet containing £50 in their pockets they tell us what they would buy. 

If you too had a virtual wallet with £50 to spend on recorded classical music what would you buy and where would you buy it? How much do you spend a month on new recordings? When did you last go to your local record store, or is the very notion of a record store outdated? Have CDs had their day as a format? Tell us the answer to these and ask us your own questions via email, Twitter or post. 

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