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Hell’s Mouth & Celestial Light
Hildegard von Bingen »Ordo Virtutum« (The Order of the Virtues)
Hildegard von Bingen
»Ordo Virtutum«
(The Order of the Virtues)
From the darkness of
diabolical temptation
to the bright light of wisdom:
The journey of the soul as a mystery play
ARS CHORALIS COELN
production: Ars Choralis Coeln
Uta Kirsten, Petra Koerdt,
Cora Schmeiser Peregrine
Cora Schmeiser Anima
Lucia Mense (flutes) Diabolus
Pamela Petsch Humilitas
Amanda Simmons (harp) Caritas
Nadine Balbeisi Castitas
Petra Koerdt Contemptus Mundi,
Susanne Ansorg (fiddle)Amor Celestis
Uta Kirsten Victoria
Stefanie Brijoux Discretio
Sylvia Dörnemann Patientia
With her knowledge, her worldview and her enormous creative power, Hildegard von Bingen sparked a light in the 12th century that has been shining until today. One of her oeuvre’s highlights is »Ordo Virtutum« in which her vision of a divine order is brought to stage using sound and action. The question of »how shall we live?« remains highly topical. Ars Choralis Coeln centre their production around the drama of the human soul that searches for the path to light and truth between challenge, temptation and doubt: a musical and visual approach to a world that seems farther away than it might actually be.
duration: 70 min, no intermission