HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

various performances by Vida Vojić (& co.) about / featuring Hildegard of Bingen's music, poetry, philosophy and life story.


Public performances include:

25/10/24 Gothenburg @ Saint Andrew's Church - "O Pastor Animarum" (själarnas herde) theatrical solo concert with vocals + glass harp
5/9/24 Momjan @ Church of San Mauro - "Ode to Hildegard of Bingen" theatrical solo concert with vocals + glass harp
23/5/24 Berlin @ 90mil - "A HANDYMAN'S TALE" poetry, musical saw and Hildegard of Bingen duo performance with Joe Summers
26/4/24 Graz @ Church of St. Andrä - "Hildegard von Bingen invocation" for the opening of Café Witch

"A HANDYMAN'S TALE"
23.5.24 @90mil in Berlin

Duo performance by Vida Vojić and Joe Summers in moldy Berlin basement on the Sagittarius full moon, 2024.

Performance included a musical saw, hammer and nail, Joe's homebuilt instrument, poetry by Vida, a recital of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) "Vanity of Vanities" ch. 1-2, and compositions by Hildegard of Bingen; Quia Ergo Femina Mortem Instruxit, O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti & Hodie Aperuit Nobis

solo recording from Christinae Kyrka,
Gothenburg, June 2024

Hildegard of Bingen + glass harp (wine glasses)

songs:
Hodie Aperuit Nuit
Quia Ergo Femina
O Ignis Spiritus
Hodie Aperuit Nuit

5.9.24 in Church of San Mauro, Momjan, Istria, Croatia

In this concert recital, Vida invokes and performs Hildegard's sacred music, poetry and fascinating life story, by the means of speech, song and playing the glass harp (wine glasses). The story will be told in English, with Italian translation handouts available for the audience.

Songs / poems include:

Quia Ergo Femina Mortem Instruxit
Hodie Aperuit Nobis
O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti
O Pastor Animarum


audio recording can be shared on request

O PASTOR ANIMARUM / SJÄLARNAS HERDE
(O Shepherd of Souls) – a tribute to St Hildegard of Bingen

Time and date: Friday, 25th October, 21:15 – 22:00
as part of Kulturnatta Göteborg

Location: St Andrew’s Church / Engelska Kyrkan,
Hvitfeldtsplatsen 2, 411 20 Gothenburg, Sweden

Description:

In this concert and reading, Vida will invoke and perform St. Hildegard of Bingen’s sacred music, poetry and fascinating life story, through text, song and playing the glass harp.

Hildegard was a Benedictine abbess and polymath who, during the 12th century, was active as a music composer, theologian, painter, philosopher, poet, mystic, visionary, herbalist, and medical writer in Roman Germany.

Songs include:

Quia Ergo Femina Mortem Instruxit
Hodie Aperuit Nobis
O Viridissima Virga
O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti
O Pastor Animarum

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Introducing our patron saint for the Café Witch 2024 spring edition:

St. HILDEGARD VON BINGEN

Hildegard (1098-1179) was an abbess, composer, mystic, preacher, healer, herbalist, cosmologist, monastic mandala painter, and writer in Bingen am Rhein (current day Germany) during the middle ages. Hildegard wrote books as well as music, preached, rebelled against the constricting Roman church order, founded her own monastery for women and became somewhat of a beloved celebrity in the Roman empire. Throughout her life, she had countless mystical experiences, visions and encounters with the divine realms, and she was convinced that playing and singing music is of utmost importance for a person to maintain their health and vitality. Her story is fascinating and vast to say the least, and we are excited to bring her legacy to life during Café Witch this spring.