Written for & performed by The Voice Trio
(Emily Burn, Victoria Couper, Clemmie Franks)
Music Composed by Tim Lea Young
Text by Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179), (Translation: Sabina Flanigan)
Tim Lea Young was commissioned by The Brighton Early Music Festival, 2019 to produce a new work for Hildegard Transfigured. A mesmerising evening of music performed by the Voice Trio, which weaved St.Hildegard of Bingen's medieval chants with contemporary works inspired by her words and/or music.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM SALES ON BANDCAMP WILL BE DONATED TO YOUNG MINDS CHARITY,
www.youngminds.org.uk
www.timyoungcomposer.com
www.voicetrio.co.uk
www.bremf.org.uk
Recorded in St.Bartholomews Chapel, Oxford.
Film & music recorded/produced by Tim Lea Young.
With footage of the Kilbrannan Sound (Isle of Arran).
Three Wings:
In una via, quae habet vitam,
tres alas (habens),
I, the fiery life of the divine substance, blaze in the beauty of the fields,
shine in the waters and burn in the sun, moon and stars.
I bring all things to life.
Quarum una in altum volat,
et altera de terra sudat,
et tertia undique volat.
In one life-giving path,
three wings you have,
Viriditas, Viriditas…
I am the air who nourish every greenness,
I am rain which gusts down from the dew.
It’s very hard to resist, what tastes of the apple,
Oh mount of secret thought you took care to present a beautiful face,
in the mirror of the dove.
The living fountain leads forth the purest streams,
unite us all in harmony.
Shining flower suspended in a flame,
as a dew drop hangs on a blade of grass.
I am the rain falling from the sky,
because of which all grasses smile at me in joyous life.
Living light of wondrous glory
bring the color like the dawn,
youth flaming in the sun,
shine like a jewel,
you cannot be hidden by fools,
radient gem,
Spiritus, Viriditas,
Why do you sleep on your knowledge,
you shall be known,
all of the eagles will see you,
Arise! Arise!
Take flight radiant gem
Arise!
And again I hear a voice,
Flowing water,
Oh living sun,
Carry us on your shoulders to our inheritance,
In una via quae habet vitam
Tres alas habens,
Three wings,
Three wings.
quarum una in altum volat, (one soars to the heights)
et altera de terra sudat, (and the other moisture from the earth,)
et tertia undique volat.
in one lifegiving path,
three wings you have: