OFF: Reason to celebrate?

Stephan Forstner stemfors at PIPELINE.COM
Thu Feb 21 17:42:20 EST 2002


>> 11:11 11/11 1111
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>This is the only one that's universal and unambiguous -- besides
>being the coolest, with only one digit...  And it even happened
>during Hildegard of Bingen's lifetime (not that anyone else here
>will care ;-)

I have a disc by a well-known early-music group called Sequentia titled
'Edda - Myths from Medieval Iceland' which I really realy like. It is an
attempt to recreate performances of Iceland's bardic tradition and can sound
at times like a mix of celtic music, medieval religious singing, and Richard
Wagner, all with mythological texts, and I would recommend it to anyone who
likes any of the above. The connection being that Sequentia has released a
great many discs of Hildegard von Bingen's music. Although I'm not
specifically a follower of early music, or religious music, the Edda disc
has so impressed me I've considered trying some of Sequentia's Hildegard
releases - the only problem being that the sheer volume makes me unsure of
where to start. If you have any recommendations let me know!

Stephan



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