Psallentes & Frits van Oostrom
She wrote verses for God. Not tame prayers, but texts full of fire, longing, and ecstasy. Around 1250, the Brabant mystic Hadewijch gave words to a love that drives the soul to extremes: minne, courtly love. Psallentes connects her songs with the visionary music of that other medieval heroine, Hildegard von Bingen. Medievalist Frits van Oostrom is our guide through a world of spirituality and poetry, in which language and song elevate each other to an encounter with the ineffable.
With recitation in Dutch.
Programme
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Music from the song oeuvre of Hadewijch, complemented by material from the Beguine world and music by Hildegard of Bingen. The exact program will be announced soon.
Musicians
- Frits van Oostrom storyteller
- Psallentes
- Sarah Abrams, Lisa De Rijcke, Sarah Van Mol, Veerle Van Roosbroeck soprano
- Barbara Somers mezzo-soprano
- Elisabeth Colson, Kerlijne Van Nevel, Clare Wilkinson alto
- Hendrik Vanden Abeele musical direction
