Hildegard of Bingen: Ordo Virtutum Seraphic Fire & Patrick Dupré Quigley

• Anonymous:
• 1 Introit for the Dedication of a Church: Terribilis Est Locus Iste 02:16
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179):
• 2 Ordo Virtutum: Prologue 05:18
• 3 Ordo Virtutum: Pt. 1, The Soul Invokes the Virtues 08:28
• 4 Ordo Virtutum: Pt. 2, Enter the Devil 27:03
• 5 Ordo Virtutum: Pt. 3, The Soul Returns 11:30
• 6 Ordo Virtutum: Pt. 4, The Devil Is Bound 08:45
• 7 Ordo Virtutum: Epilogue 04:33
• Total Runtime 01:07:53

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Seraphic Fire celebrates the release of its newest recording, Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo virtutum, with a performance of the work in a new production by lauded opera and Broadway stage director Francesca Zambello. The women of Seraphic Fire portray the struggle of the sweet-voiced Virtues against the songless, shouting Devil. Written in 1141, the Ordo virtutum has survived nearly 900 years through plagues, wars, schisms, reformations, and the dissolution of Hildegard’s convent. Celebrate as the women of Seraphic Fire bring this nearly millennia-old masterpiece back to life.

Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

Seraphic Fire
s an ensemble dedicated to the concert performance of the breadth of history’s musical works for the human voice. Lauded by Gramophone for its “mellifluous, crystalline artistry,” Seraphic Fire has gained an international reputation for dynamic, cutting-edge, and historically informed programming that encompasses both secular and sacred literature. The ensemble’s roster is populated by performers, teachers, and scholars who represent the best of the American school of vocal and instrumental training. Established in 2002, Seraphic Fire is led by artistic director Patrick Dupre Quigley.

Throughout its two-decade history, the ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by American composers including Alvaro Bermudez, Shawn Crouch, Douglas Cuomo, Sydney Guillaume, James Kallembach, Susan LaBarr, Ileana Perez Velazquez, Jake Runestad, and Christopher Theofanidis. With their newest release, Ordo virtutum, Seraphic Fire has released 16 recordings on its Seraphic Fire Media label. Several of the ensemble’s recordings have topped the classical music charts. Two—Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem and A Seraphic Fire Christmas—have received GRAMMY® nominations.

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